Re: /dev/null altered, ssh, and security

[Reza Roboubi <reza@parvan.net>]

Reza Roboubi wrote:
> I've had exactly this problem and this solution worked:
> http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_frm/thread/2e1954d22cbe441d/62571302f1c3dfaa?lnk=st&q=sshd+%22fatal+daemon+failed+success%22&rnum=6#62571302f1c3dfaa 
>
>
> Now I wonder why /dev/null was altered?  Could other things have 
> changed?  Do I need a full reinstall to be sure?

Is the question unclear, or is it that nobody knows the answer?

I just want to know how the type and/or permissions of /dev/null could 
have been altered?

Reza.