Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!udel!udccvax1!sun.acs.udel.edu!weave From: weave@sun.acs.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: Another question 'bout .signature files Summary: chmod 644 .signature ; chmod 711 . Message-ID: <6650@sun.acs.udel.edu> Date: 11 Jan 90 04:02:06 GMT References: <5911@umd5.umd.edu> <12839@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Reply-To: weave@sun.acs.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 21 In article <5911@umd5.umd.edu> matthews@umd5.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) writes: > >What do you have to do to have one? I have the .signature file in my root/ >home directory (~/), and it works for mail, but I keep getting an error when I >try to use it with rn; something about inews has to see it. > In article <12839@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao) replies: > > chmod 644 .signature should do the trick > Make sure your home directory is also readable, else inews can't even get to your .signature to read it... chmod 711 . (Thars a period there dudes...) -- Ken Weaverling - Systems Administrator | Internet: 00499@vax1.acs.udel.edu Delaware Technical & Community College | Voice: +1 302 573 5460