Too many )'s ???

gentoobob

gentoobob

Alright, just installed FreeBSD 7.2 on VMware server 2.1 today, got myself running smoothly. I installed my favorite editor nano and portmaster. I then changed my hostname and did a reboot. Now when ever I go to log in as root either directly at the console or doing su - I get the following

Login: root
password:
Too many )'s
$

I am as root, but yet my PS1 is a $ and not a #. Like I said, all was fine until I installed two packages and changed my hostname. I wouldnt think that changed anything.

Any ideas?
 
Check the output of $ echo $SHELL

Then check the .<shell>rc files for your shell. For example, if $SHELL is csh, then check .cshrc. Sounds like one of the shell config lines is incorrect.
 
Looks like you typed your password to a shellscript.... Or it maybe a series of mistakes in .cshrc
 
RE:

thanks for the replies guys. Apparently it doesnt like the way the editor nano does line breaks. fixed. thanks.
 
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