> > > However, /etc/resolv.conf is installed with or modified to root/root > > -rw------- permissions. This > > sounds logical until a normal user tries to dial out. It was weird, my > > normal account would dial and > > login ok, but all of the net calls would show a "Host name lookup failure". > > I could even su to root > > and things would work fine. > > Interesting. On my 1.1 upgraded to 1.2 and then to 1.3 system the file is > > -rw-r--r-- and owned by root.root > > > > George Bonser > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I think I found the source of the problem, I copied the file using ftp from the machine I already have setup. That would change the permissions. Sorry about the waste of bandwidth, it's obvious who knows what they're doing. Not me. Thanks Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .