From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 30 02:02:23 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 8D22316A4CE for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 02:02:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4072943D1F for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 02:02:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DGSV4-0004Hz-N2 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:00:06 +0200 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:00:06 +0200 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:00:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:57:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <20050327120032.7A58016A4F8@hub.freebsd.org> <200503291307.28787.dfarmour@myrealbox.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news 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: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 02:02:23 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-29, David Armour scribbled these curious markings: [partially snipped for clarity] >> > #permissions: No such file or directory >> > are: No such file or directory >> > set: No such file or directory >> > properly: No such file or directory >> > at: No such file or directory >> > boot: No such file or directory "permissions are set properly at boot" ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > grep "permissions are properly set at boot" ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Also, did you tell it to search files, rather than the default of standard input? :) Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCSge0k/lo7zvzJioRAq/tAJ4naSRsukSmxx849sT3HGjz4Ov/swCfYKns fix6qNbDWACMsyMGkH7+Fvk= =ZO5p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.