Unfortually editing the two files didn't help. I reinstalled Redhat, but now I have no connection at all. Thanks for your help though. I think it has something to do with my modem. I will start a new thread about it. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Crews" <jpc@scooby.jaycrews.com> To: <psyche-list@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:50 AM Subject: Re: Can't surf and email > Iain Buchanan writes.... > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 13:23, daYz wrote: > > > Hi, > > > =20 > > > I had my internet connection working for a while on Redhat 8.0, but > > > yesterday I suddenly couden't email and surf anymore. At the time it > > > stopped I was trying to setup my local network, but I'm not sure if > > > this got something to do with it. > > Most likely, if you used redhat-config-network or neat then you have to > > chmod +r /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf as the tool nicely makes the > > readable only by root. > > I had the same experience, except I think I found more > files than that that is 'nicely' changed. > Did a 'find /etc -mtime -1 -print' and got a few. True, > other things could have changed them. I ended up looking at each one > individually, and if it looked safe to be group/world read, I opened > them up. > > PLEASE tell me this is a bug, and will be fixed........ > > > BUT.....back to his/her problem........I think they said > 127.0.0.1 localhost was not listed in /etc/hosts. > That'll most likely be a problem. > > > -- Jay Crews > jpc@jaycrews.com > > > > > HTH, > > --=20 > > Iain Buchanan <iain@nospam.pcorp.com.au> > > Asynchronous inputs are at the root of our race problems. > > -- D. Winker and F. Prosser > > > > --=-sPziM0TMiuu/Bo8GMiyM > > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc > > Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQA+ZopcjKy7cKDHw6kRAn+aAJ9jwCVKoC28/5oWFMIMqHi2Qby+CACeP/qY > > p/hNtQ56Hii4YaxNh+c7Ysk= > > =opb+ > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --=-sPziM0TMiuu/Bo8GMiyM-- > > > > > > > > -- > > Psyche-list mailing list > > Psyche-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
