On October 17, 2026 11:58:35 AM GMT+03:00, Poul-Henning Kamp
<[email protected]> wrote:
>A FreeBSD User writes:
>
>> BEWARE of the missing closing "! In my personal cases, the most mistake made.
>
>Silly idea:
>
>Why do we not do something like:
>
> if ! sh -e /etc/rc.conf ; then
> echo "Syntax error in /etc/rc.conf, entering single user mode."
> 1>&2
> exit 1
> fi
>
>in /etc/rc ?
>
seems like more harm than good. boot might still complete otherwise but now you
are in single user. and how to get out of that :p