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Operating Systems AIX Housekeeping null 2>&1 in /dev Post 303017932 by Don Cragun on Friday 25th of May 2018 02:44:02 AM
Old 05-25-2018
Find the process that is writing to it. Kill that process. Remove the file. And, fix the redirection in the process that was writing to it before you restart that process.

The process will be (or will have been) running as root. There will be a redirection in that process that looks something like:
Code:
> "/dev/null 2>&1"

It should be something more like one of the following:
Code:
> "/dev/null" 2>&1
> /dev/null 2>&1

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

sock2path

sock2path(4)							   File Formats 						      sock2path(4)

NAME

       sock2path - file that maps sockets to transport providers

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/sock2path

DESCRIPTION

       The  socket  mapping file,  /etc/sock2path, is a system file that contains the mappings between the socket(3SOCKET) call parameters and the
       transport provider driver. Its format is described on the soconfig(1M) manual page.

       The  init(1M) utility uses the soconfig utility with the sock2path file during the booting sequence.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: A Sample sock2path File

       The following is a sample sock2path file:

       #   Family   Type  Protocol    Path
	       2       2       0      /dev/tcp
	       2       2       6      /dev/tcp

	       26      2       0      /dev/tcp6
	       26      2       6      /dev/tcp6

	       2       1       0      /dev/udp
	       2       1       17     /dev/udp

	       26      1       0      /dev/udp6
	       26      1       17     /dev/udp6

	       1       2       0     /dev/ticotsord
	       1       6       0     /dev/ticotsord
	       1       1       0     /dev/ticlts

	       2       4       0     /dev/rawip
	       26      4       0     /dev/rawip6

	       24      4       0     /dev/rts

	       27      4       2     /dev/keysock

SEE ALSO

       soconfig(1M), socket(3SOCKET)

       Network Interfaces Programmer's Guide

SunOS 5.10							    10 Nov 1999 						      sock2path(4)
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