From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 13:13:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFBBD16A41F for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:13:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 148C243D46 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:13:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (wfgjaj@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jAADDQW9006142 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:13:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jAADDQsT006141; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:13:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:13:26 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200511101313.jAADDQsT006141@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.5.4-20000523 ("1959") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-RELEASE (i386)) Cc: Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:13:30 -0000 Pete French wrote: > > > No, nothing outside the base system is required to build the base > > system. But don't nuke the ports before running cvsup :) > > Heh, I have done that in the past, I have to admit :-) Also must > note that one should not remove ones login shell before changing back > to /bin/sh if one wants to be able to login again! :-) That's why I always put a statically linked copy of my favourite shell (zsh) in /bin, so I can even use it in single-user mode. Under some circumstances it can also be useful to have an "emergency user" which is not dependant on anything outside the base system (i.e. doesn't use anything from /usr/local, doesn't have its home on an NFS volume, doesn't has its account information on NIS etc.). It should be a member of the wheel group so it can do "su". Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. cat man du : where Unix geeks go when they die