Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:48:28 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Anthony Carmody <carmoda@interfaceergonomics.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: corrupt rc.conf file Message-ID: <20020423194828.A26236@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <008301c1ea94$aac0dc70$6700a8c0@interfa.fortune>; from carmoda@interfaceergonomics.com on Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:01:15PM %2B1000 References: <008301c1ea94$aac0dc70$6700a8c0@interfa.fortune>
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:01:15PM +1000, Anthony Carmody wrote:
> hi,
>
> i have stuffed up my rc.conf file and am recieveing an error during boot
> [syntax]. I can find it when i go into the defult shell [sh], however I
> cannot replace or edit it because I am not root/wheel. Is there a way of
> replacing the file with a default or over riding it, or su -ing to root
> somehow from the deafult shell?
You need to do a "mount -u /" or a "mount -a". This will allow you to
write to the filesystem.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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