Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!jarthur!ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucsd!hub.ucsb.edu!ucsbuxa!3003jalp From: 3003jalp@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Applied Magnetics) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: /dev/null 644 Keywords: dev null permission Message-ID: <9254@hub.ucsb.edu> Date: 20 Feb 91 15:33:42 GMT Sender: news@hub.ucsb.edu Distribution: comp Lines: 7 Can anyone explain how this happened ? I am reporting it to IBM now. Last login at Wed Feb 20 07:16:12 1991 on hft/0 -sh: /dev/null: 0402-011 Cannot create the specified file. -sh: /dev/null: 0402-011 Cannot create the specified file. $ ls -l /dev/null -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Feb 20 07:16 /dev/null --Pierre Asselin, R&D, Applied Magnetics Corp. I speak for me.