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Re: DNS problem for all but root?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Littlefield)
Mon Oct 21 18:35:17 1996

Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 17:54:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Littlefield <little@ici.net>
Reply-To: little@ici.net
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961021093956.9772A-100000@user1.cyberhighway.net>
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On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Todd Weible wrote:

> If I do a nslookup with any user other than root, I get message that the 
> server cannot be found.  With root all is well.
> 
> I haven't had time to mess with this problem yet, but does anyone know 
> what I need to do to fix it?  Is it just a permission problem,etc?
> 
> obviously I have resolv.conf configured and as root I have no problems,

Check the permissions for resolv.conf. My guess is that "other" does not
have read access.

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Jim Littlefield                  "The brain is a wonderful organ; it
                                  starts working the moment you get up in
                                  the morning and doesn't stop until you
                                  get to work." - Steven Wright


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