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Date:      Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:17:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:      CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net>
To:        nathanm@socket.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: man page crisis
Message-ID:  <199808131917.PAA06507@lucy.bedford.net>
In-Reply-To: <199808131802.NAA00661@mail.socket.net> from "nathanm@socket.net" at "Aug 13, 98 06:08:44 pm"

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nathanm@socket.net wrote:
> I can't RTFM!
> I just installed off the 2.2.6 cds, and my man pages don't work.
> The particular error i get is "man: cannot find the file /etc/manpath.config".
> But i checked, and it's there, with permissons of 700.
> Any Ideas?

Yup. chmod 744 should do it.

I can't imagine why manpath.config should not have world-read.
(the man program is suid "man.bin")

Another approach would be to change ownership of manpath.config
to man.bin.

Dave
-- 
         Bedford County, PA -- 47,000 polite, friendly Appalachians,
                4,000 of whom have concealed-carry permits.

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