Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 09:53:18 -0600 From: "Mark O'Lear" <Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@revelstone.jvm.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: whois control file? Message-ID: <32076A6E.5441@Colorado.EDU> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960805214408.10952A-100000@revelstone.jvm.com>
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Cliff Addy wrote: > > Right now, whois is only available to members of the wheel group. Others > get a "whois/tcp: unknown service" or something to that effect. > > What file is controlling this? It seems that it's a file that's readable > by wheel but not others. If I add a user to wheel, then whois starts > working for them. > > The man page makes no reference to a control file. Does anyone know what > it is? > > Cliff It's probably /etc/services. It needs to be readable by everyone. -- Mark O'Lear \ e-mail: Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU University of Colorado \ phone: (303) 492-3798 Telecomm. Svcs. (CB 313) \ fax: (303) 492-5105 Boulder, CO 80309 \
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