[PLUG] why is /dev/null getting flamozzled?

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Lately, when I reboot, X won't start because /dev/null has become read-only at 
the user level, specifically crwx-r--r--.

I fix by removing /dev/null and then recreating it with 
mknod -m 0666 /dev/null -c 1 3
Then everything is fine, but it seems to come back again.  I know there is a 
problem when cups printing stops working before the reboot. (I assume it 
requires /dev/null to maintain its queue.)

Any ideas why this is happening?
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