Bug 74402
| Summary: | /etc/rc.conf: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string | ||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | Shen <shxxb> |
| Component: | conf | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
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Description
Shen
2004-11-26 08:10:18 UTC
> >Description: > Added some lines in /etc/rc.conf file, but made the mistake use a ' instead of a ", during boot processing, the error is: > > /etc/rc.conf: 79: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string > Enter full path name of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > Now the problem is even entered /bin/sh, still do not have any function can change this configration file, even "vi" is not available Do this: mount -a vi /etc/rc.conf -DG David G. Lawrence President Download Technologies, Inc. - http://www.downloadtech.com - (866) 399 8500 TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com - (888) 346 7175 The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Pave the road of life with opportunities. On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 08:02:15AM +0000, Shen wrote:
> /etc/rc.conf: 79: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
> Enter full path name of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
>
> Now the problem is even entered /bin/sh, still do not have any function can change this configration file, even "vi" is not available
After entering the single user mode, only your root filesystem
is mounted. If /usr (vi lives in /usr/bin) is a separate
filesystem, you have to mount it first. Try
# mount -a -t ufs
# /usr/bin/vi /etc/rc.conf
/GM
State Changed From-To: open->closed Good advice has been given in followups. Please do not file a bug report for this kind of thing in future. in message <200411260802.iAQ82FjP081972@www.freebsd.org>, wrote Shen thusly... > > Added some lines in /etc/rc.conf file, but made the mistake use a > ' instead of a " I suppose in either case the quotes, single or double, were balanced. That is, you eneded up w/ something like... var='value' ...and neither of the below two... var="value' var='value" > , during boot processing, the error is: > > /etc/rc.conf: 79: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string > Enter full path name of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > Now the problem is even entered /bin/sh, still do not have any > function can change this configration file, even "vi" is not > available There is (s)ed (when vi usage is impossible), but before that at least / partition will need to be mounted read/write. - Parv -- |
