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Re: FTP/TELNET trouble...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kevink@christa.unh.edu)
Sun Nov 10 14:27:15 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 14:24:41 -0500 (EST)
From: "kevink@christa.unh.edu" <Kevin.M.Kerfoot@unh.edu>
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On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, kevink@christa.unh.edu wrote:
> I'm using Red Hat 4.0, and I'm having ftp and telnet problems. When I
> try to use a command such as ftp hostname.edu or telnet hostname, I get a
> "host name lookup failure" as an ordinary user. But, as root, I can do
> ftp hostname or telnet hostname. What should I change?
> Any help is appreciated.
>
Never mind...found the source of the trouble...for some reason,
resolv.conf was not set as readable by all. A chmod a+r resolv.conf
sufficed.
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