From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 6 13:37:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA12106566B for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2011 13:37:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm32.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm32.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [72.30.238.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E18FD8FC14 for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2011 13:37:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.212.151] by nm32.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Nov 2011 13:23:55 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.235] by tm8.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Nov 2011 13:23:55 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1044.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Nov 2011 13:23:55 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 563270.34110.bm@omp1044.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 66070 invoked by uid 60001); 6 Nov 2011 13:23:55 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1320585834; bh=uzr286loGxsCExPmk9iE+q1wka9mGmzTcsu+xryxU/8=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Gf/ntG5eHCb5/+4fsBotTm5mtjCG2tOhol2w8QppveT1D6+uIeMf1IBJ/8855g5fO7x4gn3iLp6bwHnGgvbmAwDCiD1K/2HIDR5pJN5vCGkRp6KTfxJ/uTsxgMfNaUvnPXhTYpOfz1Na8zWudnEW8bfTjSwKILM59LeqinUmaH0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=SrFy038dnrIhPlryoDoj9HuDMIua2usN2zJw6jninOMP0HP0tFDQQKYzIoMx8CqvUR9eC5Iv+H39OiPtH8HTuipoQRD4IJrLypCEpUjhJNrrXJhWndVMQlWf8Eki36bzUXjYAy6WxruNxKPeIwWCQINuyAfZO6bGd22hQA57SBg=; X-YMail-OSG: whfRlQcVM1mXqBoVbaIDAE7Eso8ipvHLVz7tCl5UjaA9b55 Vz0xrAboHtS.uLU1zrtj1BXEwaEf8MqSuyqKrLIQOYjTUOWoOE4FEotdRE2O TAcmDXklKxPWe_96h6afacTk4piBynFVBWEWVU6lrx4soKK04kHI5m_zO847 iVg3I6adiKiapEIj2y7gLPv11M1Goy2z1OLljFvbTMn2rm4EvYq7kEljA.pi KzbXW7uvigzh1lEgnxpP1bJQvKuMjmn08_DGCXJNOMEdBwvGuUjwDb32GNid HV9foPdp4uqvGGSvYY69OhapbPts9YNSCTHwgAyzQimoB4cuSRcOgZ9dRm_v 2n53D9I58t.GGdL2lfk2Zp.0JiCj2RpTBXiCFQnksHWYEuVhWO.04qg9YJsZ bAve7PiT30YcIPGo3.vmAsLNaYNZEmv.2tBGuiTEuYm3sVMWiPJLZo2QirkJ vY6BR2946Y958iQ.tvWC3iw4571V1SP07sEJjJMuVfNGE_aexTUGHE2i8lSd LYI5gsQ-- Received: from [98.203.44.66] by web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:23:54 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.325013 References: <288821E5-0392-49CA-BC85-0E550769C732@gmail.com> <8D04DED6-9175-42C7-B553-BAC1EA129E68@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1320585834.66067.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:23:54 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman To: Zantgo , Robert Simmons In-Reply-To: <8D04DED6-9175-42C7-B553-BAC1EA129E68@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill Tillman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:37:50 -0000 =0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A=0AFrom: Zantgo =0ATo: Robert Simmons =0ACc: "freebsd-questions@= FreeBSD.org" =0ASent: Sunday, November 6, 20= 11 12:52 AM=0ASubject: Re: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf=0A=0A=0A= =0A=0AEl 06-11-2011, a las 1:29, Robert Simmons escri= bi=F3:=0A=0A> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Zantgo wr= ote:=0A>> Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by runn= ing "echo" slim_enable =3D "YES" "> / etc / rc.conf". Please help!.=0A> =0A= > Well, the absolute basics would be:=0A> hostname=3D""= =0A> ifconfig_"=3D"inet netmask "=0A> defaultrouter=3D""=0A> =0A> You may also have = had:=0A> sshd_enable=3D"YES"=0A> =0A> You can also look at dmesg -a and get= a grasp over what other services=0A> you had started.=0A> =0A> Two other t= hings, use >> rather than > to append to the file (better=0A> yet, learn vi= , it's much safer), and always backup any changes from=0A> default you make= to config files.=A0 I keep them all on pastebin.com for=0A> convenience, b= ut you can keep them anywhere, even scribbled on a=0A> postit note stuck to= the front of the server in question (what I used=0A> to do).=0A> =0A> Rob= =0AI gave up, and now reinstall everything again :(=0A_____________________= __________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ah= ttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe= , send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0AWow,= to reinstall everything is like throwing the baby out with the bath water.= Rather drastic. There are some simple steps you could have taken to get th= ings back to normal but without knowing what you had in your original rc.co= nf file that's probably oversimplifying things. =0A=0AI keep a little scrip= t in my /root/bin folder to backup my config files periodically to another = server. This is something you should look into. We all make mistakes and wh= en we do, a backup copy can make the difference between "oh wow" and "oh f*= **".=0A