How to recover /dev/zero or /dev/null?

CrAzYoNi · 03-21-2012, 11:07 AM

Hi all,
I've just heard about some strange issue - an /dev/zero or /dev/null corrupted file.

If thins kind of issue will happen to one of my servers, how can I solve it?

Thanks in advance.

Ser Olmy · 03-21-2012, 11:15 AM

/dev/zero and /dev/null are just device nodes, and can be recreated with mknod.

/dev/zero is major number 1, minor 5; /dev/null is major 1, minor 3. Both are character devices.