Syntax errors (solved by reinstall of OS)

[tryingtolearn]

Anyone know a good list of syntax errors one might see from the root terminal such as "Unterminated quoted string" and their solutions? It doesn't even have to be a good list really just has to have a way around that one. I searched all the help files and forums maybe I just missed it but please show me the way if you know it

for more info see my "QMAIL SYNTAX ERROR (STILL NOT SOLVED) post

Thank You

[DragnLord]

um, "Unterminated quoted string" means you left off the ending quote on a string

example:
"Hello"
OK

"Hello
Unterminated quoted string

[tryingtolearn]

Well that would sure fix this problem if there were any quotes in the file. But there aren't.

here is the file:

pw groupadd nofiles
pw useradd qmaild -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent
pw useradd alias -g nofiles -d /var/qmail/alias -s /nonexistent
pw useradd qmaill -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent
pw useradd qmailp -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent
pw groupadd qmail
pw useradd qmailq -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent
pw useradd qmailr -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent
pw useradd qmails -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent

I get unterminated quoted string in line 1.
I tried putting quotes around the whole thing and each individual line still same error in 1st line no matter what combination.
12 hours of reading manuals and I am no where near solving this.
I have learned a lot of new stuff though in the process lol
If you can solve this thank you. If you know a better email server than qmail I will dump this hooker like so much used toilet paper and start trying to install that.

Thank You

[dracheflieger]

Postfix is popular. I've installed it on ports in place of sendmail and it works fine. We process nearly 1,000,000 emails daily with it at work and never glitches. If you do compile it from ports say yes at it's only prompt. I had to create a symlink the first time but easily found the answer with a google search.

About your problem. I just ran the first line by itself as root and got no errors. If you want to continue your futility you might want to try the instructions one at a time and see what happens.

Good Luck