2009/5/14 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net:
On Thursday 14 May 2009 12:38:30 Chris Rees wrote:
2009/5/13 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net:
On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote:
Kind of like how those coming over from a
Linux
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
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
Manish Jain invalid.poin...@gmail.com 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.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:03:58PM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
Chris Rees googlemail.com!utis...@agora.rdrop.com wrote:
2009/5/14 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com:
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
I think the problem with that is he meant changing the
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
to edit
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 FreeBSD has
2009/5/13 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net:
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
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
2009/5/13 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net:
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
2009/5/14 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com:
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
2009/5/13 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net:
On Wednesday 13 May 2009 11:34:43 Michael Powell wrote:
Kind of like how those coming over from a
Linux environment
On Thursday 14 May 2009 12:38:30 Chris Rees wrote:
2009/5/13 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net:
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
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
On Thu, 14 May 2009 20:13:02 +0200, Mel Flynn
mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net 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
Chris Rees googlemail.com!utis...@agora.rdrop.com wrote:
2009/5/14 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com:
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
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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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 in
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 in
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 its
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
can't
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
On Wed, 13 May 2009 05:34:43 -0400, Michael Powell nightre...@verizon.net
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
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