Can you check the permissions of /etc/resolv.conf and /etc?

		David/absolute

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On Fri, 29 May 1998, Roger Fischer wrote:

> 
> I just tried to FTP to the "ftp.netbsd.org" site from my
> MacBSD machine.
> I got the message
> 
> "ftp: ftp.netbsd.org: Unknown host"
> 
> I quit FTP and was able to ping it so I know DNS was working.
> but I got the same message when I tried to ftp.
> 
> I su'd to root and tried and it worked like a charm.
> What's the deal?
> 
> file permissions for /usr/bin/ftp is
> -r-xr-xr-x
> 
> Any ideas?
> thanks
> Roger
> 
>