Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 14:55:32 -0500 From: "Jon Longoria" <jon.longoria@dfwgroove.com> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Re: Message-ID: <003d01c25c28$afd38f40$0c01a8c0@aristotle> References: <200209140956.g8E9uDxJ095753@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver, Fixed it last night, but thanks btw. And I couldn't use any editor at that point, being that the term hadn't been set properly. Once I had fixed that little problem, i opened it up in ee fine, realized the issue and resolved it. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Fromme" <olli@secnetix.de> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 4:56 AM Subject: Re: Re: > [quoting repaired] > > Jon Longoria <jon.longoria@dfwgroove.com> wrote: > > glbj@verizon.net wrote: > > > Jon Longoria <jon.longoria@dfwgroove.com> wrote: > > > I may be stating the obvious but the following: > > > > > > > > /etc/rc: 427 Syntax error: ";;" unexpected (expecting "fi") > > > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > > > > > > > > > looks like there is an incorrectly terminated 'if' in /etc/rc. > > > I've just gotten 4.6 up (I'll worry about *.2 later) so I don't > > > know if the /etc/rc I have matches yours. A close look at that > > > script might be a place to start anyway. > > > > Yea, i was trying to bring it up to check that line, but both vi and ee > > won't show to console proper, so its a bit of a catch22 for me. > > You have everything you need in single-user mode. To > display the lines surrounding that error (with line > numbers), this command will do it: > > # echo 417,437n | ed /etc/rc > > To actually edit the file and fix the problem, you can > also use ed interactively; I'd suggest you read the ed(1) > manpage. Every sysadmin _should_ be able to work with > /bin/ed in case of emergency, IMO. > > By the way, editing /etc/rc in single-user mode requires > to remount it read-write (default after reboot is read- > only): > > # fsck -p / && mount -u -o rw / > > Having said that -- if the syntax error in /etc/rc is > the only problem on that machine, you could of course > mount the other partitions and then use vi or ee if you > prefer: > > # fsck -p && mount -a -t nonfs > > That will also enable you to read the ed(1) manpage. ;-) > > Regards > Oliver > > PS: The Solaris manpage of ed(1) says at the very beginning > of the "DESCRIPTION" section: "The ed utility is the > standard text editor." > > I'd vote for adopting that sentence for our manpage. :-) > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München > Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author > and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. > > "All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream" (E. A. Poe) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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