Neale Ferguson wrote:
> I am getting strange results from directing output to /dev/null when logged
> on as a non-root user using /bin/sh.
>
>>From a non-root user I see the following:
> $ ls -l /devices/pseudo/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:null
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 13, 2 Feb 5 16:24 /devices/pseudo/[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]:null
> $ ls -l /dev/null
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jan 1 1970 /dev/null ->
> ../devices/ps
> eudo/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:null
> $ echo abdef >/dev/null
> /dev/null: cannot create
>
>>From root:
>
> # echo abcdef >/dev/null
> #
>
> A trace shows that a creat64("/dev/null") is being called which appears weird
> to me.
Redirecting with > tells the shell to replace the file - are you sure you don't
mean >> ?
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-Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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