2009/5/14 Mel Flynn :
> On Thursday 14 May 2009 12:38:30 Chris Rees wrote:
>> 2009/5/13 Mel Flynn :
>> > On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote:
>> >> Kind of like how those coming over from a
>> >> Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it
>> >> serves n
Manish Jain wrote:
> Mel Flynn wrote:
>> On Wednesday 13 May 2009 09:21:46 manish jain wrote:
>>
>>> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
>>> single-user mode.
[snip]
>
> From all the discussion I have walked through on the issue of where to
> place vi, it does appear
On Friday 15 May 2009 08:46:46 Manish Jain wrote:
> Mel Flynn wrote:
> > On Wednesday 13 May 2009 09:21:46 manish jain wrote:
> >> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
> >> single-user mode.
> >
> > The only reason to need an editor and not have /usr and /var available is
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:03:58PM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> Chris Rees wrote:
> > 2009/5/14 Chad Perrin :
> > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> > >> I think the problem with that is he meant changing the root
> > >> shell to /usr/local/bin/bash. You're be
Manish Jain wrote:
> From all the discussion I have walked through on the issue of
> where to place vi, it does appear FreeBSD has a skewed policy
> on the issue. There are plenty of reasons you might need access
> an editor in single-user mode - editing fstab is just one.
> Having to use the wor
Manish Jain wrote:
Mel Flynn wrote:
On Wednesday 13 May 2009 09:21:46 manish jain wrote:
I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
single-user mode.
The only reason to need an editor and not have /usr and /var available
is to edit /etc/fstab. It is trivial to spot erro
Mel Flynn wrote:
On Wednesday 13 May 2009 09:21:46 manish jain wrote:
I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
single-user mode.
The only reason to need an editor and not have /usr and /var available is to
edit /etc/fstab. It is trivial to spot errors with /rescue/cat
Chris Rees wrote:
> 2009/5/14 Chad Perrin :
> > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> >> I think the problem with that is he meant changing the root
> >> shell to /usr/local/bin/bash. You're better off using /bin/sh
> >> if you want a Bourne-type shell, or using toor with
>
On Thu, 14 May 2009 20:13:02 +0200, Mel Flynn
wrote:
> sh is worse then csh.
But sufficient for administration tasks in maintenance mode.
It's not that you spend hours of dialog sessions in SUM.
Remember: It's a worst case scenario. If everything fails,
the /bin/sh still works, and it helps you
On Wednesday 13 May 2009 09:21:46 manish jain wrote:
> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
> single-user mode.
The only reason to need an editor and not have /usr and /var available is to
edit /etc/fstab. It is trivial to spot errors with /rescue/cat and fix with
/re
On Thursday 14 May 2009 12:38:30 Chris Rees wrote:
> 2009/5/13 Mel Flynn :
> > On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote:
> >> Kind of like how those coming over from a
> >> Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it
> >> serves no purpose except foot-shootin
2009/5/14 Chad Perrin :
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
>> 2009/5/13 Mel Flynn :
>> > On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote:
>> >
>> >> Kind of like how those coming over from a
>> >> Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, i
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> 2009/5/13 Mel Flynn :
> > On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote:
> >
> >> Kind of like how those coming over from a
> >> Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it
> >> serves no purpose except
2009/5/13 Mel Flynn :
> On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote:
>
>> Kind of like how those coming over from a
>> Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it
>> serves no purpose except foot-shooting.
>
> - csh cannot redirect stderr seperately from stdout
On Wed, 13 May 2009 05:34:43 -0400, Michael Powell
wrote:
> Yes - use the /rescue/vi as it has been statically compiled so it does not
> rely on dynamic libraries which may not be available. The purpose here is
> have a fallback position for repairing a damage/problem which may prevent a
> succe
On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote:
> Kind of like how those coming over from a
> Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it
> serves no purpose except foot-shooting.
- csh cannot redirect stderr seperately from stdout
- on pipes the exit status from
Chris Rees wrote:
>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:51:46PM +0530, manish jain wrote:
>>> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
>>> single-user mode. This sounds simple (and should be if all you have is
>>> a single partition), but there are problems. For starters, terminfo
>
El miércoles 13 de mayo a las 09:21:46 CEST, manish jain escribió:
> Hi,
>
> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
> single-user mode. This sounds simple (and should be if all you have is
> a single partition), but there are problems. For starters, terminfo
> can't locate
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:51:46PM +0530, manish jain wrote:
>> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
>> single-user mode. This sounds simple (and should be if all you have is
>> a single partition), but there are problems. For starters, terminfo
>> can't locate its data
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:51:46PM +0530, manish jain wrote:
> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
> single-user mode. This sounds simple (and should be if all you have is
> a single partition), but there are problems. For starters, terminfo
> can't locate its database i
On Wed 2009-05-13 12:51:46 UTC+0530, manish jain (invalid.poin...@gmail.com)
wrote:
> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
> single-user mode.
You may be able to use /rescue/vi.
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Hi,
I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in
single-user mode. This sounds simple (and should be if all you have is
a single partition), but there are problems. For starters, terminfo
can't locate its database in single-user mode.
Could anyone please tell me how to go about
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