Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 13:30:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/43865: unterminated string in rc.conf leaves system unuseable / disk readonly Message-ID: <200210092030.g99KU3iC087053@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/43865; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/43865: unterminated string in rc.conf leaves system unuseable / disk readonly Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:20:18 +0100 On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 10:36:08PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > [-- Please keep bug-followup@freebsd.org in the Cc: list. --] > One of the ideas I had and never actually got around to implementing > was a shell wrapper around $EDITOR that allows root to edit rc.conf > and then checks to see that sh(1) can still parse the resulting file. > > Something along the lines of: > > # viconf > >>> copy /etc/rc.conf to /tmp/rc.conf.orig.$$ > and /tmp/rc.conf.$$$ > >>> fire up $EDITOR on /tmp/rc.conf.$$$ > >>> check to see if the following command works fine: > > /bin/sh -c '. /tmp/rc.conf.$$' > > >>> on failure, show a diff -u, and prompt the user for > a) abort, e) edit again Sounds good. lockf is your friend. Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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