Mac OS X Snow Leopard: permissions changed on /var results in dns lookup issues
- by Ivan
I was attempting to solve an issue ("/var/log/msmtp.log: permissions denied" error when attempting to send mail using msmtp) when I did this:
> chmod -R 770 /var
After that, my machine would not resolve domain names via cURL. (ping also fails) But, oddly, I can enter domain names into Safari and visit any web pages w/o a problem...
I'm…