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Back to trying to configure my ISP. As I stated earlier I have the Instructions from earthlink. Here's the first 2 steps that they sent 1. First make sure that you have the two programs pppd and chat by doing a whereis command. I did and I do have them. 2. Once you locate the files, we'll need to manually edit them in vi, you'll need to change to the /etc directory first. then locate the following files: /etc/resolv.conf
and /etc/HOSTNAME. Now here's the problem. whether I try in root or logged on as iggy I get the following after I type in /etc/resolv.conf.... bash: /etc/resolv.conf: permission denied. I'm confused, as the sole administrator do I not have the right to edit files or is this a security feature that I am unaware of. 
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root should be able to open it. As root, cd to that directory and give a ls -l. Then you can use the chmod command to change its permission. Let me know how it turns out.
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LOL, good eyes, mikeop. I didn't notice he just typed "/etc/resolv.conf". To edit a file, iggy, it's "editor [name of file]".
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What's happening is that you're trying to execute a configuration file. To edit it, use the command "program filename" where program is the name of the editer you want to use. vi works, but if you're not familiar with it, ee and pico are much more intuitive. It seems like most OSS OSs come with one or the other.
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he is trying to execute them by typing it in bash
[root@eva3 etc]# /etc/resolv.conf
bash: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied
[root@eva3 etc]# ls -l resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 Dec 10 05:42 resolv.conf
[root@eva3 etc]#
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What's happening is that you're trying to execute a configuration file. To edit it, use the command "program filename" where program is the name of the editer you want to use. vi works, but if you're not familiar with it, ee and pico are much more intuitive. It seems like most OSS OSs come with one or the other.
Yeah, use PICO. It's a lot easier than vi. With vi you have to know some commands, but pico is very straightforward.
# pico /etc/resolv.conf
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Hey great response guys thanks. But what I understood from the instructions was that I first had to change to /etc ,pull the file and then go into vi and edit it. Bare with me.
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Hey great response guys thanks. But what I understood from the instructions was that I first had to change to /etc ,pull the file and then go into vi and edit it. Bare with me.
You can do that -or- you can type pico /etc/resolv.conf. Does the same. If you feel more comfortable, do:
# cd /etc
# pico resolv.conf
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