https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/hp-snmp-agents/m-p/4398735#M37078 I installed and configured hp-snmp-agents-8.2.0-284. on a DL380 G5 RHEL 5 Update 3 (64 bit) server.<BR /><BR />Restarted snmpd and /dev/null went from this:<BR /><BR />crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3<BR /><BR />to this:<BR /><BR />srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0<BR /><BR />After some research I see that when I stop snmp /dev/null is deleted, when I start it back up it's recreated as a file with the sticky bit set.<BR /><BR />Any clues as to whats going on?<BR /><BR />TIA<BR /><BR />~peter Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:06:09 GMT Peter_505 2009-04-09T19:06:09Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/hp-snmp-agents/m-p/4398735#M37078 I installed and configured hp-snmp-agents-8.2.0-284. on a DL380 G5 RHEL 5 Update 3 (64 bit) server.<BR /><BR />Restarted snmpd and /dev/null went from this:<BR /><BR />crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3<BR /><BR />to this:<BR /><BR />srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0<BR /><BR />After some research I see that when I stop snmp /dev/null is deleted, when I start it back up it's recreated as a file with the sticky bit set.<BR /><BR />Any clues as to whats going on?<BR /><BR />TIA<BR /><BR />~peter Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:06:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/hp-snmp-agents/m-p/4398735#M37078 Peter_505 2009-04-09T19:06:09Z