conf/74402: /etc/rc.conf: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

[Gerhard Meier]

The following reply was made to PR conf/74402; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Gerhard Meier <gemei2 at web.de>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: conf/74402: /etc/rc.conf: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:18:37 +0100

 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