Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 10:53:30 -0500 (EST) From: lowell@world.std.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/22694: submission of new FAQ text on fixing broken startup files Message-ID: <200011081553.eA8FrUh29144@be-well.ilk.org>
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>Number: 22694
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: submission of new FAQ text on fixing broken startup files
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 08 08:00:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Lowell Gilbert
>Release: FreeBSD 4.2-BETA i386
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:
current FAQ
>Description:
For people who *read* the FAQ, this is trivial.
However, people who *search* the FAQ will probably find it helpful.
>How-To-Repeat:
This gets asked regularly these days.
>Fix:
*** doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml~ Wed Nov 8 09:06:52 2000
--- doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Wed Nov 8 10:15:13 2000
***************
*** 6077,6082 ****
--- 6077,6096 ----
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
+ <question id="mangled-startup-files">
+ <para>I made a mistake in my startup files, and now the box
+ won't boot: how do I fix my mistake?</para>
+ </question><answer>
+
+ <para>See the
+ <link linkend="forgot-root-pw">previous question</link>,
+ except edit the startup file in question instead of doing
+ <command>passwd root</command>.</para>
+
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry>
<question id="CAD-reboot">
<para>How do I keep Control-Alt-Delete from rebooting the
system?</para>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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