From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 28 10:13: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from enigma.whacky.net (enigma.whacky.net [194.109.204.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D2837B719 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:12:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stephanb@whacky.net) Received: (from stephanb@localhost) by enigma.whacky.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f2SICta01900 for current@freebsd.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:12:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stephanb) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:12:55 +0200 From: Stephan van Beerschoten To: current@freebsd.org Subject: chmod 666 /dev/null Message-ID: <20010328201255.A1877@enigma.whacky.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I just rebooted my machine with the cvupped-and-compiled world and kernel, I logged on and did the following: (stephanb@enigma|ttyp4)~> w w: /dev/null: Permission denied Checking out /dev/null gave me this: crw------- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Mar 28 20:00 /dev/null I had to chmod it to 666 again in order for me as non-root to do a 'w' ... my question. Why this behaviour ? I've been running FreeBSD for years, but this puzzles me -Stephan -- Stephan van Beerschoten [SVB21-RIPE] stephanb@whacky.net PGP fingerprint: 4557 9761 B212 FB4C 778D 3529 C42A 2D27 "To err is human, to forgive is Not Company Policy" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message