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Re: cron error message



that might be the problem as null was as follows :
crw-r--r--   1 root     root       1,   3 Feb 23  1999 null
i have changed it as indicated.. so hopefully it will be fine now.. thanx
all for the help.





debian-user@lists.debian.org on 20/10/99 15:36:01

To:   debian-user@lists.debian.org
cc:    (bcc: Zane Drysdale/Diagnostic labs/64)
Subject:  Re: cron error message




zdrysdal@diagnostic.co.nz writes:

> Hi
>
> I keep on getting this message and i am not too sure why that is :
>
> /etc/cron.daily/smail:
> /usr/lib/smail/checkerr: /dev/null: Permission denied
>
> Any thoughts??

What are your permissions on /dev/null? Should be:

$ vdir /dev/null
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root       1,   3 Jul 20  1998 /dev/null


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