Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 12:54:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc@carnaval.risq.qc.ca Subject: Re: Problems YOU can have? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980509125251.3051U-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980508233939.6150C-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca>
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, BEAUPRE Antoine wrote: > Sorry: no. /etc/manpat.config Now you left the h off ;-) I see what you're referring to tho. It should find that. You aren't using the Linux man, are you ? > > /etc/manpath.conf should exist. If it doesn't let me know and I'll send > > you mine. > > It exists as it ever did. I didn't change it!!! Double check, and check permissions while you're at it. > > > When I try to use cu -l /dev/cuaa2 -115200, I get: cu: /etc/uucp/port > > > fopen: operation not permitted. > > > > You need to be a member of group `dialer' or root. > > I was indeed running as root Are you sure? You wouldn't have gotten that message if you were running as root. > Seriously, this is because I can't connect to get my email in terminal > mode... I have achieved the incredible (aka setting up ppp) but I > didn't setup some e-mail capabilities with it. (BTW, is it possible to do > so and how?) I assume you grab your email via POP. In which case you need to install popclient or fetchmail to grab the mail and drop it in your local mail drop, then use your favorite email client to read it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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