Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Rick Stevens wrote:
Do NOT ignore it. I don't think you quite understand what /dev/null
is. It is supposed to be a device, not a file. Somehow it got deleted
and now whenever a script or something does a redirect of its output to
/dev/null, instead of going to a device (and thence into the bit
bucket), it creates a file called /dev/null.
What the OP found was /dev/nul - one l. I suspect that /dev/null was
still there.
To fix it:
1. Do an "ls -Z /dev/null" and make sure there is no _regular_ file,
directory, symlink, pipe or anything else called "/dev/null". Check the
first character of the permissions. If it's anything other than a "c"
then delete the file (you may need to do an "rm -rf /dev/null" to kill
it).
2. As root, run "MAKEDEV -x null". That should recreate the device
file.
3. Run "ls -Z /dev/null" again and you should see something like:
crw-rw-rw- root root system_u:object_r:null_device_t:s0 /dev/null
displayed. If the first character of the permissions is NOT a "c", it
didn't work.
If he is running a fairly modern system - one that uses the dev file
system, and/or runs udev, then udev will re-create it when the
system reboots. In this case, it /dev/null is really gone, it is
probably the safest way for hte OP to fix it...
Mikkel
Sigh. I should have pointed out that my /dev/null is a device (I knew
that!)and
it is unmolested!
My device /dev/null IS as Mikkel said:
crw-rw-rw- root root system_u:object_r:null_device_t:s0 /dev/null
Instead, there is a TEXT file created: /dev/nul (one "l") and rkhunter
reported it's suspicions correctly.
I do NOT have any scripts that I have created (I only have
TWO scripts in my home/bin and I looked with a fine-toothed
comb. It is not ME that created the /dev/nul (one "l")
Somewhere, the SYSTEM (script or program) is creating it.
The "clue" I left was:
=======[/dev/nul]=========
# more /dev/nul
nsdc: no patch necessary.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
========================
For fun, I looked at: /etc/init.d/nsd and there was code
in two places that had: 2>%1 (a stderr redirect?) and I suspected
it was intended to be: 2>&1? I was not sure the % was
something I have seen before - this does not exists in the
entire /etc/init.d directory except for nsd! Bug????
Thanks!
Dan
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