Custom install, medium firewall...
[root@robinson default]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)
[root@robinson default]# pwd
/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default
[root@robinson default]# ls -a
. ..
[root@robinson default]#
On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 10:05, bfd wrote:
> Well, after further investigation, I've managed to solve
> this problem.
>
> It turns out to be a matter of permissions. I logged on as
> root, and was able to connect with the web browser. I also
> noticed that an error message "hostname not found" that
> occurred when loading X as a user also did not occur. This
> gave me a clue.
>
> After much wandering around the hard disk, I found that RH
> 8.0 apparently installs copies of /etc/hosts and
> /etc/resolv.conf in a directory
> etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default and uses these
> instead of the ones in /etc to determine hostname and
> nameserver information (or at least my copy does). Once I
> changed the permissions on them from 600 to 644, the
> problems disappeared.
>
> Now, what I am curious about is that this setup does not
> occur on RH7.3. The directory
> etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default is there but is
> empty. So is this "feature" new to RH 8.0, and is using the
> files here to override the files in /etc normal, or is it
> just my system and somehow I have screwed it up? I would
> think that if this was deliberate, than the files between
> /etc and etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default would be
> links, not distinct files.
>
> Would anyone with RH8.0 take a moment and see if
> etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default exists on their
> system and what is in it, if anything.
>
> To all those who took the time to help, my thanx.
>
> And to those who designed Red Hat 8.0 (Psycho), if this is a
> deliberate feature, a resounding Bronx cheer for the three
> days lost over this issue.
>
> BOF
>
>
>
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