> > When a regular user logs into the system I get the message: > > Password: > > -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied > > -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied > > > > When I change the permissions of /dev/null > > chmod 666 /dev/null > > > > I have no problems logging in. > > > > I guess this is a udev problem, but I wonder why nobody else is > > complaining? > > > > How can I fix this? > > Check the contents of /lib/udev/devices - does the null entry have the > right permissions here?
yes it has, see bottom > The devices in this directory get copied into /dev on boot, just before > udev populates all the physical devices. /lib/udev/devices# ls -l dev crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 14. Aug 08:47 null drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 14. Aug 08:47 pts [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/lib/udev/devices# ls -l /dev/null crw-rw---- 1 root root 1, 3 14. Aug 08:47 /dev/null Olaf -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
