From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 21 21:15:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B49737B404 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:15:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-166.90.70.185.dial1.chicago1.level3.net ([166.90.70.185] helo=pegasus) by avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16StHS-0004xw-00; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:15:34 -0800 Message-ID: <004301c1a303$d1ea30e0$328dfea9@pegasus> From: "Bob Giesen" To: "Chad Albert" , References: <00b701c1a2fe$ddaadd80$14010f0a@spgcalbert> Subject: Re: syntax error in rc.conf Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:15:32 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0040_01C1A2D1.86558260" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01C1A2D1.86558260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "mount -u /" (assuming your /etc is in the root slice) will change it to = read-write. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Chad Albert=20 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:40 PM Subject: syntax error in rc.conf I added a line to my rc.conf and like the idiot I am, I missed a = quote. Now when I boot I get an error about an unterminated quoted = string and the filesystem mounts read-only. How can I get my file to an = editable state? ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01C1A2D1.86558260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

"mount -u /" (assuming your /etc is in = the root=20 slice) will change it to read-write.

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Subject: syntax error in = rc.conf

I added a line to my rc.conf and like = the idiot I=20 am, I missed a quote. Now when I boot I get an error about an=20 unterminated quoted string and the filesystem mounts read-only. = How can=20 I get my file to an editable = state?

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