Allan,
You can try the following in Terminal to edit "reserved" text documents:
1) Open a terminal window and use the 'cd' command to navigate to the
folder that has the file.
type ls -la then hit return (there is a space there) you will get a
long listing, you want this to detemine any .xyz ending the file has
type: sudo pico filename (with .xyz ending)
You will be asked for your admin password. Enter it, then a text editor
will open up in your terminal window. It is easy to use, it uses the
cursor arrow keys to move around.
Make the changes you wish to. To save the file you will use the
control-o (it is called writing out the file). Then use crtl-x to exit.
2) If you know the full path and filename, then just open a terminal
window and type sudo pico /path/filename and hit return.
Jerry
On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 08:27 AM, Allan Atherton wrote:
> Schoun Regan <schounregan at mac.com> wrote:
>> ... there is a spelling error in BIND that came with 10.2. The actual
>> BIND
>> service in /System/Library/StartupItems/BIND/BIND has a spelling
>> error to
>> restart the service in case of error (ironically, usually 'caused' by
>> lookupd). You will see DNSSServer instead of DNSServer inside BIND.
>> Try
>> removing the extra S, as root, and that should also help clean things
>> up.
>
> You say "You will see DNSSServer instead of DNSServer inside BIND".
>
> I just took a quick look at BIND in Finder, and it is a 4k document
> that
> does not open. If I come back as root, how would I be able to get into
> it
> and change that misspelling? Do I both have to become root and then
> get into
> the document via Terminal or something?
> Allan Atherton
>
>
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>
>
>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
