Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:17:40 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: nathanm@socket.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: man page crisis Message-ID: <199808131917.PAA06507@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <199808131802.NAA00661@mail.socket.net> from "nathanm@socket.net" at "Aug 13, 98 06:08:44 pm"
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nathanm@socket.net wrote:
> I can't RTFM!
> I just installed off the 2.2.6 cds, and my man pages don't work.
> The particular error i get is "man: cannot find the file /etc/manpath.config".
> But i checked, and it's there, with permissons of 700.
> Any Ideas?
Yup. chmod 744 should do it.
I can't imagine why manpath.config should not have world-read.
(the man program is suid "man.bin")
Another approach would be to change ownership of manpath.config
to man.bin.
Dave
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