From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 20:49:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE27106564A for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhelfman@experts-exchange.com) Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com (mail.experts-exchange.com [72.29.183.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29E798FC1B for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:49:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D5C9C9079; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:49:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=e-e.com; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:subject :from:from:date:date:received:received:received; s=ee; t= 1293050942; x=1294865342; bh=ZSEXInsU+eaPKKV1CxoluAE656WN3YmR5sG A02ZCaHE=; b=bxqEz33Ngw2MD6MCucrqGVfoRDeczmBuLe5BX7qpYd5vMRLfKZ3 YcJw7aCnRCtpfKQq0EnXxF+AW1/T+y625ziji6soQGU6qenJ8vwWMqBJAjT7N5jH EHmKU4vaFIzRcDCI2647Ecy9GSUMjbjSvdVnhuBbpsqbXskk1Igyh9vw= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at experts-exchange.com Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (mail.experts-exchange.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PCZnWVilXvWo; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:49:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from experts-exchange.com (unknown [192.168.103.122]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 41FD79C9074; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:49:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (nullmailer pid 21998 invoked by uid 1001); Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:45:59 -0000 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:45:59 -0800 From: Jason Helfman To: Chris Brennan Message-ID: <20101222204558.GI92495@eggman.experts-exchange.com> References: <4D11DA76.32672.214EF771@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <20101222130711.00006546@unknown> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE X-Living-The-Dream: I love the SLO Life! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Bruce Cran , Dave , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Well, I broke it! FreeBSD V8.1 release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:49:03 -0000 On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 09:49:46AM -0500, Chris Brennan thus spake: >On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > >> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:01:10 -0000 >> "Dave" wrote: >> >> > Sysinstall alows you to select and enable one, but not remove it! >> > >> > Bit of an oversight that I suspect.... >> >> Fixed in r216651 :) >> > > >IIRC ';' isn't a valid bash comment ... (which has been previously discussed >elsewhere). It's usually safer to use '#' for comment in /etc/rc.conf and >other system config files as they typically use BASH style structs. IMHO... It seems that /etc/rc.conf is in need of a sytax check script. Something similiar to visudo for editing /usr/local/etc/sudoers. -jgh