Re: misc/42237: /dev/null permission issues

[Lucio Albornoz <l.illanes%gmx.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 02:10:01PM +0000, mr.qweo%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
> There are strange issues with /dev/null access permissions in a
> fresh installation of NetBSD [ ... ]. First, these (permissions)
> are nowhere near persistent [ ... ] Moreover, strange things
> (appear to?) happen: it looks like /dev/null permissions are
> being changed along the way (one day I found /dev/null it belonging
> to my primary group rather than to wheel, and I was nowhere near
> to claiming such kind authority over it :-) ).
Same issue as <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/132367>
perhaps?

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