/dev/null permission denied on boot

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The permissions on /dev/null are incorrect (set to 0644). If I attempt to chmod /dev/null to 0666 the permissions will get reset to 0644 during a reboot.

During a login the following occurs:

-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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