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From: stevel@mail.cdsnet.net (Steve Logue)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Was Re: Netscape Keys Simple question...
Date: 1 Jan 1997 05:38:12 GMT
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In article <5abmt0$4dt@uuneo.neosoft.com>, conrads@neosoft.com says...
>
>In article <5aajd0$fft$2@news.cdsnet.net>,
>        stevel@mail.cdsnet.net (Steve Logue) writes:
>> 
>> 
>> With Netscape 3.01 Gold US version, and FreeBSD 2.2-BETA, I am unable to 
read  
>> the root directory.  I can view anything under the root directory, but 
can't 
>> even cd up to root.  Here is an example:
>> 
>> URL:  file:/                  (doesn't work - can't find directory)
>
>Try file:///
>
>Works for me.
>

Hmmm - what versions of what are you using?  This still doesn't work.  I 
tried file:/ - file:// - file:/// - none of them work.  What are the 
permissions on your root directory? (ls -ld /)

-STEVEl