> It IS a real file. > > > ls -l /dev/null > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Jan 28 2001 /dev/null > > It's a bit bucket. Everything sent here is discarded. Nothing more, nothing > less. > But, it is a real file. >
[EMAIL PROTECTED] red]$ ls -l /proc/kcore -r-------- 1 root root 535760896 Mar 25 10:49 kcore ooh... another real file! [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ sudo chmod u+w kcore Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ ls -l kcore -r-------- 1 root root 535760896 Mar 25 11:10 kcore Why will its permissions not change? [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ sudo rm -f kcore rm: cannot unlink `kcore': Operation not permitted Strange... --Palrich.
