By default it is rw-r--r so as long as you are not using any program that
needs to make entries to it I don't see a problem with using r--r--r. I
remember that Kppp writes to it if you use it and I am sure some other
dialup programs do but if they are constant just leave r--r--r
Eddie Strohmier
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Horth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 1:34 AM
Subject: /etc/resolv.conf permissions problem?
> for some reason my /etc/resolv.conf was set like this:
>
> -r-------- 1 root root 44 Oct 31 16:18 /etc/resolv.conf
>
> which meant that anyone who was not root didn't know where the name
> servers were... I don't remember setting this up like this, and don't
> think that these are the right permissions for this file - so I
> chmodded it to 444
>
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 44 Oct 31 16:18 /etc/resolv.conf
>
> am I mad or was that the right thing to do?
>
> TIA, dan.
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