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Subject: RE: rc.conf
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:42:48 -0500
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or just...
mount /
even though it's ro when it mounts itself, when you mount it manually,
it mounts rw. this way you can edit whatever needs tweaking.
-Otter


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chad Leigh,
> Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 5:01 PM
> To: Jim McIver; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: rc.conf
>
>
> Try this in the shell that comes up
>
> mount /dev/whateverdiskisroot /
>
> Chad
>
> --On Tuesday, February 20, 2001 2:02 PM -0007 Jim McIver
> <jmciver@lmtribune.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, things were going pretty good until I edited the
> rc.conf file and
> > must have a typo on line 16.
> >
> > It won't read the file and came up with the /bin/sh  shell,
> but I can't
> > seems to get access to the file to fix it.
> >
> > I can do an ls of etc and see the file but can't copy, delete,
etc..
> > because it's ro. I made a backup of the orginal rc.conf with
another
> > name, but can't copy it over.
> >
> > How do I set my enviroment and give myself rights to change or cp
> > the file?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim McIver
> > Systems Technician
> > Lewiston Morning Tribune
> > PO Box 957
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