Subba Rao <subb3 at attglobal.net> writes: > Some of my cron jobs are writing their error messages to /dev/null. > It was working fine until yesterday, when I choose to link the netscape > "cookies" file to /dev/null. After that the cron job send me email with > the following message. > > /bin/sh: /dev/null: Permission denied > > The current permission on /dev/null are as follows, > > crw------- 1 root sys 1, 3 Jul 17 1994 null > > Are these the default settings for /dev/null? No, it's supposed to be rw for everyone. Are you running Netscape as root? Get in the habit of not logging in as root and that'll save you lots of headaches. Especially since Netscape likes to change the permissions on files that it uses all the time. -- Jon Schewe | http://eggplant.mtu.net/~jpschewe For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org