https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fatal-parsing-error/m-p/4486766#M652872 rc.log is a list of all the steps taken during startup and is normally dozens of lines in length. It would help to see the lines that are shown prior to these error messages.<BR /> <BR />On the other hand, if these are the only lines in /etc/rc.log, then you probably have a bad file in in /etc/rc.config.d. Find the most recent files in /etc/rc.config.d like this:<BR /> <BR />ls -lrt /etc/rc.config.d<BR /> <BR />There must NEVER be any junk files in this directory -- EVERY file will be sourced in this directory during bootup. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:54:49 GMT Bill Hassell 2009-08-26T21:54:49Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fatal-parsing-error/m-p/4486765#M652871 PA-RISC RP4440<BR />several messages appear, and can not graphically login as other users than root:<BR /><BR />/etc/rc.log:<BR /><BR />fatal parsing error: unexpected end of file in line 64<BR />fatal parsing error: error while parsing main element in line 64 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:37:26 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fatal-parsing-error/m-p/4486765#M652871 JUAN VIDAL_1 2009-08-26T21:37:26Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fatal-parsing-error/m-p/4486766#M652872 rc.log is a list of all the steps taken during startup and is normally dozens of lines in length. It would help to see the lines that are shown prior to these error messages.<BR /> <BR />On the other hand, if these are the only lines in /etc/rc.log, then you probably have a bad file in in /etc/rc.config.d. Find the most recent files in /etc/rc.config.d like this:<BR /> <BR />ls -lrt /etc/rc.config.d<BR /> <BR />There must NEVER be any junk files in this directory -- EVERY file will be sourced in this directory during bootup. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:54:49 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/fatal-parsing-error/m-p/4486766#M652872 Bill Hassell 2009-08-26T21:54:49Z