/dev/null: Permission Denied

**linux_se7en** · 04-15-2005

i recently built a 2005.0 box using the Universal CD

when i finished, i tried loggin in with my user account and got this:

-bash: /dev/null: Permission Denied
-bash: /dev/null: Permission Denied

I read a guide that said to chmod 666 /dev/null

that works, and the message disappears

HOWEVER, i am unable to run XTERM or Konsole or anything like that in KDE/Fluxbox/XFCE4

emerge info shows gcc-3.4.3-20050110-r2, and that is supposesd to include the fix. WTF is wrong ?

**jaboua** · 04-15-2005

Are you sure your user is a member of all those groups:

Code:

bash-2.05b$ groups
wheel floppy audio cdrom video games usb users

**linux_se7en** · 04-16-2005

doesnt need to be. obviously you werent reading.

this is a problem specific to GCC, and i am wondering if anyone has found a workaround to this yet?

**jaboua** · 04-17-2005

Weird, it works fine here...

**genesus** · 04-17-2005

I had a problem where xterm would not run within certain xwms. Does your xterm work if logged in as root? Mine worked as root but not as a user so I

Code:

chmod 777 /dev

and every thing worked fine from there on out. Not sure but its worth a shot.

**linux_se7en** · 07-03-2005

lol. i figured that out many moons ago

but yes that is what i had to do

havent been on LF.net for a while

Thanks tho

**loft306** · 07-03-2005

this sounds as if it is the solution to the problem...http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml scroll down to #3

**Slip** · 07-03-2005

Guys you should really pay attention to what the hell are you doing before even suggesting it to others. It is a problem with latest Dbus as loft306 said.

Now that you did chmod 777 /dev, any user on your computer can destroy your box. Amongst many other EXTREMELY obvious and stupid reasons something as basic as cat /dev/zero > /dev/hda will destroy your whole setup.

**variant** · 07-03-2005

well pointed out slip, Advice like that is extreemly bad for anyone that comes across it who doesnt know better,

DO NOT CHMOD 777 /DEV/* or anything.. there really is no need to have any files that are world read/write and executable.. if you do (as slip says) you system is wide open to attack or accidental destruction.. you might as well use windows ME

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