From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 21:08:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87CAE16A4CE for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:08:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd3mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05DCD43D48 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:08:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dfarmour@myrealbox.com) Received: from pd5mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.232]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IE400M6STBT0IGL@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:07:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml10so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.80]) by pd5mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IE400DMCTBT3Y60@pd5mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:07:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from S0106000d87ae2db6.gv.shawcable.net (S0106000d87ae2db6.gv.shawcable.net [24.108.146.24]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IE400I5KTBTOD@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:07:05 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:07:28 -0800 From: David Armour In-reply-to: <20050327120032.7A58016A4F8@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <200503291307.28787.dfarmour@myrealbox.com> Organization: dfarmour.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <20050327120032.7A58016A4F8@hub.freebsd.org> User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Subject: Re: dmesg -a lines' explanation? NEWBIE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:08:01 -0000 > Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:17:47 +0000 (UTC) > From: Christopher Nehren > On 2005-03-27, David Armour scribbled these > > chmod: > > #permissions: No such file or directory > > chmod: > > are: No such file or directory > > chmod: > > set: No such file or directory > > chmod: > > properly: No such file or directory > > chmod: > > at: No such file or directory > > chmod: > > boot: No such file or directory > > Looks like you've got a runaway quote somewhere in your startup scripts. thanks for your reply, and suggestions for further investigation. > properly. I'm not familiar with your setup, but in either case I'd grep > through /etc and /usr/local/etc (maybe even /usr/X11R6/etc) for that i'm not sure i'm familiar with my setup, either. FWIW: [results of uname -a] FreeBSD Gateway.fbsd_dfa.org 5.3-BETA6 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 #0: Sat Sep 25 19:41:14 UTC 2004 root@wv1u.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 i've also looked through man grep, as opposed to "i've read *and understood* man grep...," but the syntax remains largely opaque, at least to me. grep [options] PATTERN [FILE...] grep [options] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE] [FILE...] cd'd (in root console) to /etc, but even after leaving the box to presumably chunk away on its lonesome all day while i was at work, grep "permissions are properly set at boot" still wasn't finished! assorted flailings-around and willy-nilly readings ensue(d)... i'm still v., v. confused, but now, in addition to my original confusion, i'm also confused about grep! progress of sorts, i suppose. :c) any further hints or suggestions? TIA, in newbie-ness.