From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 9 19:12:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA06409 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 19:12:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from Tandem.com (suntan.tandem.com [192.216.221.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA06399 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 19:12:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from papillon.lemis.com ([168.87.69.104]) by Tandem.com (8.8.8/2.0.1) with ESMTP id TAA24499; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 19:12:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (grog@localhost) by papillon.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) id LAA05516; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:11:16 +0800 (CST) Message-ID: <19971210111114.21115@lemis.com> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:11:14 +0800 From: Greg Lehey To: Adam Simpson Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rc.conf getting garbled continuously References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Adam Simpson on Tue, Dec 09, 1997 at 07:16:57PM -0600 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Dec 09, 1997 at 07:16:57PM -0600, Adam Simpson wrote: > Hello, we have a machine here that seems to continually get it's rc.conf > file all garbled any ideas what may be casuing this? If I leave it then > reboot I get booted in as anemiac or whatever that is when the computer > does not know who he is. Old versions of sysconfig would screw up the rc.conf file. It shouldn't happen on 2.2.5, but you should check the file /stand/sysconfig to make sure it's the latest version. Greg