/dev/null permission denied on boot
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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