Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 00:21:02 -0400 (EDT) From: BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> To: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problems YOU can have? Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980510001736.27989A-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca> In-Reply-To: <199805091934.PAA09879@castor.loco.net>
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As for this problem, I must conlude that it was due the the pseudo-re-installation (if I can say it that way...). If I got one thing to say, DON'T RE-INSTALL WITH THE BOOT DISKETTE... I messed up enough things to re-install my whole system... But it's working all well now... Thanks anyway! On Sat, 9 May 1998, CyberPeasant wrote: > BEAUPRE Antoine wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Maybe I posted this before, but I 'm not sure. Please forgive me. > > I got a big problem, and I don't even know what caused it to happen. > > > > When I use man it replies: > > man : can't find file /etc/manpath.coonf > > > > The files is there as it always was, and I haven't touch it or modified it > > in any way(to my knowledge) > > > > When I try to use cu -l /dev/cuaa2 -115200, I get: > > cu: /etc/uucp/port fopen: operation not permitted. > > > > Minicom replies: > > You don't exist. Go away. > > > > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt replies: > > (i don't remember, it should have already been sent to this mailing list > > by now, but I haven't received it so I post it again...) > > > > Please consider this. I'm absolutly disfunctional without the manpages and > > cu to get my mail... > > Both sound like permissions problems. /etc/manpath.conf should > have permissions rw-r--r-- (644). the man program runs suid to user > man, but manpath.conf should be owned by root.bin. I think that man > will not be able to open manpath.conf if it lacks world-read, even > if man is run by root. > > I am cluess about the cu problem, though. > > Have you been tightening up permissions lately? Maybe things are > too tight. Perhaps ownerships have changed due to a partial > installation or an error during a tar operation? > > Dave > -- > <----. mail-to: djv@bedford.net > <----|=================================== > <----' Zber Qnrzbaf, Srjre Qrivyf! > +-----------------------------------+ | Free the world from businessmen | | Free yourself from your money | +-----------------------------------+ Free the web. Spidey visit: http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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