Re: /etc/rc.conf question

2002-09-19 Thread Jan Grant
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Charles Pelletier wrote: > its all a matter of syntax. :) ya forgot a quote. > > ifconfig_rl0_alias0="192.168.1.189" netmask 255.255.255.0 That doesn't do what you think it does. Stick the quote at the _end_ of the line. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://w

Re: /etc/rc.conf question

2002-09-18 Thread Charles Pelletier
its all a matter of syntax. :) ya forgot a quote. ifconfig_rl0_alias0="192.168.1.189" netmask 255.255.255.0 --charlie pelletier --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: /etc/rc.conf question

2002-09-18 Thread Duncan Anker
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 10:44, Greg Lane wrote: > > You will need to remount your root filesystem rw: > > mount -o rw / This is the bit I left out - I think last time I had to instruct someone how to do this over a phone, it wasn't necessary. Everything just worked. Maybe the system had already

Re: /etc/rc.conf question

2002-09-18 Thread Danny
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Danny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: Re: /etc/rc.conf question > On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 10:44, Danny wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was trying to add a additional

Re: /etc/rc.conf question

2002-09-18 Thread Brett D. Estrade
>/etc/rc.conf 24 Syntax Error: Unterminated quotated string There is no terminating quotation mark at the end of the setting --- Danny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was trying to add a additional ip address to my test FreeBSD machine by > issuing the following command : > > 1) cp /etc

Re: /etc/rc.conf question

2002-09-18 Thread Greg Lane
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 10:44:05AM +1000, Danny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was trying to add a additional ip address to my test FreeBSD machine by > issuing the following command : > > 1) cp /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf_backup > 2)vi /etc/rc.conf > 3)I typed in the following entry > >

Re: /etc/rc.conf question

2002-09-18 Thread Duncan Anker
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 10:44, Danny wrote: > Hi, > > I was trying to add a additional ip address to my test FreeBSD machine by > issuing the following command : > > 1) cp /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf_backup > 2)vi /etc/rc.conf > 3)I typed in the following entry > > ifconfig_rl0_alias0="192.168.1.18