Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 07:58:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Walter Kenaston <walterk1@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/43865: unterminated string in rc.conf leaves system unuseable / disk readonly Message-ID: <200210091458.g99EwkGv077667@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 43865 >Category: bin >Synopsis: unterminated string in rc.conf leaves system unuseable / disk readonly >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Oct 09 08:00:03 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Walter Kenaston >Release: 4.6.2 >Organization: <none> >Environment: FreeBSD 4.6.2 release 0; generic i386 compile >Description: An error in hand-editting /etc/rc.conf - a missing quote character, in this case - caused the OS to be in an unuseable state after reboot. (The most this ought to cause is an erorr message and an unprocessed configuration keyword.) >How-To-Repeat: Take out the leading quote on one of the string values in /etc/rc.conf. >Fix: Re-installing the OS, don't ever make a mistake in FreeBSD configuration files, or make FreeBSD handle errors in a fail-safe manner. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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