Re: [Vserver] /dev/null: Permission denied

From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert_at_13thfloor.at>
Date: Tue 06 Dec 2005 - 19:53:56 GMT
Message-ID: <20051206195356.GA16558@MAIL.13thfloor.at>

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 09:42:54PM +0200, Roché Compaan wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I created a virtual server by first creating a skeleton and then
> copying the files from an existing vserver to the new one.
>
> Whenever I start the vserver, init scripts accessing /dev/null (or
> any subsequent commands) returns "Permission denied". Re-creating
> /dev/null outside the vserver does not help. "ls -l" shows this is a
> proper device file:
>
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2005-12-02 21:32 null
>
> Any idea how to fix this?

well, looking deep into my crystal ball tells
me that there is something wrong with the path
leading to /dev/null, so check the following:

 ls -lad /. /dev

and get rid of those outdated tools :)

HTH,
Herbert

> --
> Roché Compaan
> Upfront Systems http://www.upfrontsystems.co.za
>
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