[syslog-ng]permissions being changed for certain devices

[Clemson, Chris]

ever since i upgraded to syslog-ng 1.6.0rc3 from 1.4.14, when syslog-ng is
restarted something wierd happens.
I get 3 error messages:

Sep 29 11:56:47 proxy syslog-ng[1614]: Changing permissions on special file
/dev/xconsole
Sep 29 11:56:47 proxy syslog-ng[1614]: Changing permissions on special file
/dev/tty10
Sep 29 11:56:47 proxy syslog-ng[1614]: Changing permissions on special file
/dev/null

in particular, it changes /dev/null to rw access for root only.
q1: why does it do this? and
q2: how to i stop it?

everytime i restart syslog-ng i have to chmod the /dev/null file or squid
goes nuts and spawns off loads of its own processes, which eventually hangs
the machine.

all 3 files are referenced in /etc/syslog-ng.conf as destinations.
if syslog-ng has access to the files (i chmod /dev/null to 666), why should
it change the permissions to block other programs?

i am running this on SuSE 8.0.

thank you!

chris

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