Configure Failed need red hat install help

[Ryan W. Maple]

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On 24 Jan 2001, Florian Weimer wrote:

> Cindy Walsh <cwalsh@massed.net> writes:
> 
> > The .configure failed with the messages:
> > 
> >    loading cache ./config.cache
> >    ./configure: /dev/null: Permission denied
> >    ./configure: /dev/null: Permission denied
> 
> And:
> 
> > ls -l /dev/nu*
> > crw-r--r--   1 root     root       1,   3 May  5  1998 /dev/null
> 
> You have to ask your system administrator to make /dev/null
> world-writable.  Otherwise, many programs simply won't work.

This is true.  From the null(4) manpage:

  NOTES
       If these devices are not writable  and  readable  for  all
       users, many programs will act strange.

Cheers,
Ryan

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