root@amaziah [~]# /etc/init.d/sshd restart
Restarting Secure Shell server: sshd failed!
/dev/null is not a character device!.
The /dev/null should be a character device as per the Linux standards. This error occurs when /dev/null turns into a regular file.
To fix this issue, firstly delete /dev/null file.
And create the character device
Now restart the sshd service
Fixed......... :)
Restarting Secure Shell server: sshd failed!
/dev/null is not a character device!.
The /dev/null should be a character device as per the Linux standards. This error occurs when /dev/null turns into a regular file.
To fix this issue, firstly delete /dev/null file.
root@amaziah [~]# rm -f /dev/null
And create the character device
root@amaziah [~]# mknod /dev/null c 1 3
root@amaziah [~]# ls -la /dev/null , the output should look like
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 1 11:42 /dev/null
Now restart the sshd service
root@amaziah [~]# /etc/init.d/sshd restart
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
Starting sshd: [ OK ]
Fixed......... :)
