Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:49:38 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Device permissions problems after 4.5 >> 4.6 upgrade Message-ID: <20020628164938.C79950@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <F928awYFDIfWb4SaFMw000002d9@hotmail.com>; from kevin_stevens@hotmail.com on Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 10:21:38PM -0700 References: <F928awYFDIfWb4SaFMw000002d9@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 10:21:38PM -0700, Kevin Stevens wrote: > I upgraded my 4.5 system to 4.6 last week by DLing the floppy images, > booting from them, and doing an FTP upgrade. All seemed ok, however, I'm > now discovering problems with access permissions, particularly in the /dev > directory. For example, /dev/null and /dev/urandom were owned by > root:wheel, with crw------ permissions, which buggered up ssh and a variety > of other things. That's not a good thing... Try 'MAKEDEV std' in /dev, they will remake the standard devices. Or 'MAKEDEV all', which will make all of them. If I recall correctly the daily scripts will catch it if the permissions on a device change, maybe you can find if it really was the upgrade or some port which tried to be funny. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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