It's controlled by the OS. Most things in /dev and /proc are. Don't fsck with things like that :)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Barton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: NULL_FILE > > > > It IS a real file. > > > > > ls -l /dev/null > > > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Jan 28 2001 /dev/null > > > > It's a bit bucket. Everything sent here is discarded. > Nothing more, nothing > > less. > > But, it is a real file. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] red]$ ls -l /proc/kcore > -r-------- 1 root root 535760896 Mar 25 10:49 kcore > > ooh... another real file! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ sudo chmod u+w kcore > Password: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ ls -l kcore > -r-------- 1 root root 535760896 Mar 25 11:10 kcore > > Why will its permissions not change? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] proc]$ sudo rm -f kcore > rm: cannot unlink `kcore': Operation not permitted > > Strange... > > --Palrich. > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >
