Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 08:54:24 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Bruce Grisham <bruce@accumatics.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/...../xinitrc cant write to /dev/null Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9904200853440.27485-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <371ADCCF.DC10BAC5@accumatics.com>
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On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Bruce Grisham wrote:
> I haven't encountered this problem previously because I use FreeBSD in
> isolation and I'm lazy and so I just almost always work as root.
>
> So I created a user, bruce [wheel]. When I run X-windows as bruce, the
> apps listed in xinitrc won't start, but I can start them from my fvwm2
> menu. When I leave X-windows, I see the message '/usr/...../xinitrc
> cant write to /dev/null', once for each of the apps that xinitrc tried
> to start.
What are the permissions for /dev/null? They should be 666.
Jonathan Chen
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