Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:42:48 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: <chad@pengar.com>, "'Jim McIver'" <jmciver@lmtribune.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: rc.conf Message-ID: <001f01c09b8e$73c62280$1401a8c0@zoso> In-Reply-To: <3435902277.982688445@[192.168.99.123]>
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or just... mount / even though it's ro when it mounts itself, when you mount it manually, it mounts rw. this way you can edit whatever needs tweaking. -Otter > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chad Leigh, > Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 5:01 PM > To: Jim McIver; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: rc.conf > > > Try this in the shell that comes up > > mount /dev/whateverdiskisroot / > > Chad > > --On Tuesday, February 20, 2001 2:02 PM -0007 Jim McIver > <jmciver@lmtribune.com> wrote: > > > Well, things were going pretty good until I edited the > rc.conf file and > > must have a typo on line 16. > > > > It won't read the file and came up with the /bin/sh shell, > but I can't > > seems to get access to the file to fix it. > > > > I can do an ls of etc and see the file but can't copy, delete, etc.. > > because it's ro. I made a backup of the orginal rc.conf with another > > name, but can't copy it over. > > > > How do I set my enviroment and give myself rights to change or cp > > the file? > > > > Regards, > > > > Jim McIver > > Systems Technician > > Lewiston Morning Tribune > > PO Box 957 > > 505 C. Street > > Lewiston ID 83501 > > jmciver@lmtribune.com > > www.lmtribune.com > > 208-743-9411 Ext. 254 > > 208-746-1185 fax > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC > Web and Macintosh Consulting -- full service web hosting > Chad Leigh > chad@pengar.com chad@shire.net > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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