RE: /dev/null is full ???

Like wise... There seems to be missing a /dev/one. Could it be obtained by exoring /dev/zero? Met vriendelijke groet, Hans Witvliet, J, Ing., DMO/OPS/I&S/APH, Kennis Team Opensource Coldenhovelaan 1 Maasland 3531RC Coldehovelaan 1, kamer B213 -----Original Message----- From: Roberto Ragusa [mailto:mail@robertoragusa.it] Sent: maandag 7 oktober 2019 14:04 To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: /dev/null is full ??? On 10/6/19 9:05 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Yeah, it always happens, nobody takes care of cleaning up /dev/null, so it becomes full of stuff. But, you know, there are people providing cloud-based dev-null-as-a-service at affordable prices. For example you can send them 100GB per month for just $25. https://devnull-as-a-service.com/pricing/ (I hope everybody in this mailing list is able to detect the above is said as a joke...) Anyway, of course mistyping /dev/null can fill the disk containing the "dev" directory, but if you really want to see sudden random failures in any software, you should try replacing /dev/null with a normal file. This happened to me once because of a stupid installer of a very well known commercial product. Then, if the permissions are not open to "others", somebody using /dev/null will fail at reading or writing. And if the permissions are instead open, the process reading from /dev/null will actually read something that another process was intending to discard. Spectacular confusion. Regards. -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van berichten. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages.