>>>>> "lb" == Leston Buell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
lb> Oooooh. Now i am just SOOOO close to being able to use Linux as a non-root
lb> user. I did:
>> chmod a+s /usr/sbin/pppd
lb> as you instructed, and now my dial-up works fine. But now i need to know
lb> how to be able to use Netscape as a non-root. When i click on a link i get
lb> a "no DNS...." error screen. Under that screen is another error screen that
lb> says, among other things:
lb> If your site must use a non-root name server, you will need to set the
lb> $SOCKS_NS environment variable to point at the appropriate name server.
lb> How do i do this, and how do i find out what the "appropriate name server"
lb> is. (I guess i should first ask the question, żis this what my problem is?)
Do you have your ISP's namesevers listed in /etc/resolv.conf:
search whoever.net
nameserver XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
nameserver XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
And make the permissions on this file 644:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47 Mar 7 09:52 resolv.conf
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