Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 16:02:31 -0700 From: Brian Nelson <bnelson@paypal.com> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELEASE 4.3 -> RELENG_4_3: SUCCESSFULLY but ... Message-ID: <3B688A87.90407@paypal.com> References: <20010801235514.D1443@tao.org.uk>
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Josef Karthauser wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 10:01:41PM +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > > > My question is: what is the real danger of doing `installworld` in > > multiuser mode? I have doing a lot of tests in other machines tracking > > STABLE and I have no problems so far. > > I've _always_ done installworld in multiuser on many servers. That > doesn't mean that it's the safest way, but it was safe enough for me. > > Joe > I usually stop all non-system-essential running processes (mail servers, web servers, inetd, etc) and make it so the system isn't running more then sshd and init when I do the installworld/kernel install process. But that's just me. I don't think i have ever ran into a problem thus far, running since 2.2.8 - 4.3-STABLE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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