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schwuuf
04-03-2003, 12:45 PM
Hi,
Iīm a newbie in Knoppix and want to use Knoppix as a live rescue system. But for this reason I must edit the /etc/services - itīs readonly an I cant make chmod....
any help or idea?

Thankx

probono
04-03-2003, 02:25 PM
You must delete the existing symlink first and then create a new file.

sudo su
rm /etc/services
cp /ramdisk/etc/services /etc/services
mcedit /etc/services

should do the trick.

Dave_Bechtel
04-04-2003, 08:30 PM
--Nonono, it's not on ramdisk...

' cp /KNOPPIX/etc/services /etc '


You must delete the existing symlink first and then create a new file.

sudo su
rm /etc/services
cp /ramdisk/etc/services /etc/services
mcedit /etc/services

should do the trick.