From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 7 02:39:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A478D16A4DA for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 02:39:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4875843D46 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 02:39:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8AED291AFB; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 23:38:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 91507-06; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 02:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-224-179-167.eastlink.ca [24.224.179.167]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A248290C46; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 23:38:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1027) id C11004A6D3; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 23:39:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD05649BEE; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 23:39:08 -0300 (ADT) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 23:39:08 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd To: Jonathan Horne In-Reply-To: <200608062057.58163.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Message-ID: <20060806233814.X7522@ganymede.hub.org> References: <200608062057.58163.freebsd@dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: so for kicks, i just ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:39:04 -0000 On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, 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? I do it on production servers all the time, with multiple users logged in ... the only time I've been burnt was when trying to do an upgrade from 4.x to 6.x where enough changed that /bin/sh even blew up :( But, in that case, it was only my desktop, so no risk ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664