Hello, I've followed those instructions and still a no go. Enabled my crontab line of:
* * * * * echo blah >/dev/null And this is what happened: crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Jun 4 14:45 /dev/null Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> echo blah >/dev/null cannot create /dev/null: permission denied If anyone else has some suggestions, please let me know. This is starting to become a rather big issue on 4.8-STABLE for me. Sincerely, Scott Kupferschmidt ISPrime, Inc. 866.502.4678 ext. 3 AIM: Scott ISPrime - ICQ: 174337249 On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Sunil Sunder Raj wrote: > Hi, > The permissions on /dev/null is changed by some one. Please try > > cd /dev > rm null > mknod null c 2 2 > chmod 666 null > > regards > SSR > > > > >From: Scott Kupferschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: 4.8-STABLE /dev/null issue > >Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 00:34:58 -0400 (EDT) > > > >Hello, > > > >This may have been previously discussed, but I have yet to find a solution > >yet so looking to find some guidance here. > > > >I have a customer who has 2 servers, one is 4.8-RC and the other is > >4.8-STABLE. No problems have been noted on his server with 4.8-RC, > >however the one running 4.8-STABLE seems to have some random /dev/null > >permission changes and I'm stumped. > > > >He runs a cron script (on both servers) and redirects the output to > >/dev/null, and everytime he does it on the 4.8-STABLE the permissions > >change from crw-rw-rw- to crw-r--r-- which is rather odd. Anytime I 'echo > >blah >/dev/null' just in a regular shell, nothing goes wrong, only when in > >cron. > > > >Errors reported in /var/log/maillog are something like this: > > > >Jun 2 21:06:56 diamond sm-msp-queue[97747]: h5316uZO097747: disconnect: > >open("/dev/null") failed: Permission denied > > > >Also, cron reports similar: > > > >Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> echo blah >/dev/null > >X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> > >X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/sk> > >X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> > >X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=sk> > >X-Cron-Env: <USER=sk> > > > >cannot create /dev/null: permission denied > > > >I cvsup'd, rebuilt the world, mergemaster'd the system to the latest and > >still experience issues. Was there a change between 4.8-RC and 4.8-STABLE > >that is causing this that I am just overlooking here? > > > >Any advice is greatly appreciated, as of right now I am banging my head. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Scott Kupferschmidt > >ISPrime, Inc. > >866.502.4678 ext. 3 > >AIM: Scott ISPrime - ICQ: 174337249 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > _________________________________________________________________ > HCL Beanstalk PCs. You could win one. > http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/hclbeanstalktour/index.asp Interested? > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"