HELP

[Nobody's Hero]

File '/dev/null' got deleted by accident, so I resotred it from an fbackup tape. Before deletion the file had perm of 'crw-rw-rw-' bin bin. After restore file has perm '-rw-rw-rw-' root bin. What is the deal. How do I get this file back to original permissions?(crw-rw-rw-)

Thanks,
Bob

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

To re-create /dev/null

# rm /dev/null
# mknod /dev/null c 3 0x000002
# chown bin /dev/null
# chgrp bin /dev/null
# chmod 666 /dev/null

[melvyn burnard]

do the following:

1. # rm /dev/null
2. # mknod /dev/null c 3 0x000002
3. # chown bin /dev/null
4. # chgrp bin /dev/null
5. # chmod 666 /dev/null


HTH

[Nobody's Hero]

Thanks,
Both of you.

Bob