From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 23 18:27:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA13226 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:27:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from namodn.com (namodn.com [207.33.107.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA13219 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:27:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@namodn.com) Received: from localhost (robert@localhost) by namodn.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA20633; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:31:52 GMT (envelope-from robert@namodn.com) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:31:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert To: "Eric L. Santelices" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Restoring /etc/rc from floppy In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hmm.. try loggin in as "root" or using "su" and then try to copy the rc files from the floppy ( I assume you're copying rc.* ? ) Your user account probably does not have write access to /etc directory. -rob ( www.namodn.com ) ( robert@namodn.com ) On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Eric L. Santelices wrote: > I want to restore an older version of my /etc/rc file from a floppy. I am > able to mount the floppy to the /mnt but when I type cp /mnt/rc /etc/rc > I get an error message telling me that the file is write protected. So I > typed rm rc and then tried it again and still same error now when I boot I > get an error telling me the rc file is missing and I cannot restore it even > though it's not there! > > HELP!!!! > > Thanks, > > Eric L. Santelices > macPublic, Inc. > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > macPublic, Inc. 305-232-8756 -=- Fax: 305-259-7576 > Sunshine Online Service: 305-259-7520 -=- TCP/IP: bbs.gcm.org > http://www.sunshine.com = http://www.macPublic.com = http://www.hail.net > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message