Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:04:31 -0400 From: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Subject: Re: so for kicks, i just ... Message-ID: <200608062204.43745.nb_root@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <200608062057.58163.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200608062057.58163.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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--nextPart2351848.cEqEPYhmJm Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 06 August 2006 21:57, Jonathan Horne wrote: > i just decided to take a box, and installworld, without going to single > user mode. from what i can see, the update was completely successful. of > course, other then myself (su'd to root), there were no other users logged > in). > > i wonder how many people are brave enough, and do actually installworld > without changing to single user mode? i wonder what is truly at risk from > not going to single mode? > > curious, > jonathan I usually don't go into single-user mode on my desktops as there is no real= =20 need. If I know libc has been bumpted, then there's a reason to go in=20 stand-alone as there might be running processes that might be affected. On a multiple user machine it is highly recommended because 1) You warn the user that a loss of ressource (network connection etc...) i= s=20 imminent due to reboot 2) Any huge processes are stopped and will not be affected by live changing= of=20 libraries and core /bin or /usr/bin and other system bin files. 3) If somethings goes wrong, you won't be affecting other users in mysterio= us=20 ways, you can fix it right away and resume "serving". There's probably more reasons to the logic but thoses are my so far. Nicolas. =2D-=20 =46reeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #11: Sun Jul 30 12:12:59 EDT 2006 =20 root@clk01a:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A=20 PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc --nextPart2351848.cEqEPYhmJm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBE1p+74wTBlvcsbJURAj9hAKChp1n4nfkIA140ea2c4A+3LkhzDACgryp8 2yISfM2CHlZNCq7JiuDKZvE= =4c5I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2351848.cEqEPYhmJm--
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