From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 12 13:32:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.hcisp.net (Stargate.hcisp.net [208.60.89.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BAC8C37B7E7 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 13:32:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tim@mysql.com) Received: (qmail 10164 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2000 19:42:08 -0000 Received: from modem8.hcisp.net (HELO threads.polyesthetic.msg) (208.60.89.74) by stargate.hcisp.net with SMTP; 12 Apr 2000 19:42:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 851 invoked by uid 1001); 12 Apr 2000 09:26:06 -0000 From: "Thimble Smith" Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 05:26:06 -0400 To: Tom Vollmer Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem Message-ID: <20000412052606.A835@threads.polyesthetic.msg> References: <000801bfa40d$168f3f80$0b0000c0@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <000801bfa40d$168f3f80$0b0000c0@mindspring.com>; from vollmert@mindspring.com on Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 04:24:28PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 04:24:28PM -0700, Tom Vollmer wrote: > I made an error in the /etc/rc.conf file. I quote character > was not inserted after the hostname parameter. Now, the > machine stops when parsing the file and I can only get to a > '#' prompt. I can't get prompted for login and I do not have > enough rights to fix the file. Can I get procedure to get > enough rights to put the quote character in? Hopefully, I > won't have to reinstall the OS. Thanks, Tom, when you're at the '#' prompt (single user mode), try typing: # mount -a # vi /etc/rc.conf The first mount -a should mount / read-write, at which point you'll be able to go about your business. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message