Permission Denied /dev/null

[Patrick_CH]

Recently we created a separate User for a Management Tool. It worked normally until yesterday. Since Yesterday the User isn't able to do scp or something else. If the User logs in the following Message appears: 

-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
-bash: /dev/null: Permission denied

Also if the User runs the Command SCP:

scp
Couldn't open /dev/null: Permission denied

The User has the Bash Shell as default and the AdminRole is assigned. 

What permissions should the /dev/null directory normally have?

[_Val_]

Is /dev/null mentioned anywhere in the user profile?

[Patrick_CH]

No its not mentioned in bash_profile or bashrc

[_Val_]

I would try to setup a second account with the same settings and see if the issue is reproducible. If it is, open a TAC case. 

[Patrick_CH]

The Problem also happens with a new created account. I will open a TAC Case. Thanks for your help. 

[PhoneBoy · Accepted solution]

[Expert@mgmt:0]# ls -la /dev/null
crw-rw-rw- 1 admin root 1, 3 Nov  7 13:54 /dev/null

I assume a chmod 666 /dev/null in expert mode would resolve this?

[Patrick_CH]

Thank you! That solved the Problem. Dont know why this was changed but now the users work normally again. 

[Daniel_]

You should double check /dev/null. Can you post a

ls -l /dev/null

IMHO a script deleted /dev/null and created a new one. /dev/null isn't a normal file. It has to be a character device...

[_Val_]

I do agree, we need to check what caused this in the first place. Just redefining permissions is not a solution but a workaround.

[Patrick_CH]

I found the Script which deleted the /dev/null. The Script had a syntax error. After that i recreated the /dev/null as character Device and rebooted the Management Server. Since there it looks stable and did not happen again. 
Thank you all