Re: Netscape 3.0 / RH4.0 problems

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From: Adrian Gentle
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 00:00

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David Rubie (drubie@macquarie.com.au) wrote:
: 
: I installed Netscape 3.0, and it works as root (i.e. it
: can find hosts and all that neat stuff).
: 
: However, when running as an ordinary user, it is unable
: to locate anything.  It complains about not being able
: to resolve hostnames.

I had some problems with the permissions of the /etc/resolv.conf
file which gives the location of your nameserver.  I found
that ping worked, but rlogin/telnet didn't, so presumably
the former is setuid root. 8)    This will probably cause 
problems for netscape to!  As root, do:
	chmod a+r /etc/resolv.conf
and things should start to work.  

Good luck!
Adrian.

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