On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 18:21:40 -0600,
"Eric B. Krauss" <ebkrauss@ls.wustl.edu> wrote:
> 
> I tried that and it changed nothing.  I still get "permission denied" when I
> try to edit /etc/rc.conf.

Exactly how?  "vi /etc/rc.conf"?

> I get denied permission whether I select single user or not from the booter.

Do you login as root when in multi-user mode?

> Also, if I try to ype "su," I always get "su: not found."

I don't expect su to work in single-user mode, but this error message
isn't the one I'd anticipate, either.  Do you have /.profile and
/.cshrc?

> So, all I have is a "#" which I can't do anything from.

What exactly do you mean by all you have is a "#"?  Is it a file or
you mean root's shell prompt?  If the latter, what do you mean you
can't do anything?  Can't you do even, say, "ls"?  Did you install the
base set?

Frankly, I have no clue how familiar with UNIX in general you are, and
that makes it hard to infer what's going on.

Ken