From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 18 17:49:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E214106564A for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:49:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f200.google.com (mail-px0-f200.google.com [209.85.216.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E9A58FC0C for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:49:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi38 with SMTP id 38so1436802pxi.27 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:49:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KMC8HQsY9QOlAg5vRojBfFsFx5WdUhCYuftTn/PLKAk=; b=EC9u5lHaCe4yuwULacOx8LC/aOwXLlYljBQWVlPd8/NTCT22mAJ8DwqawcgNBWbHF3 TIn7y8T6ZV5coO4EofU93uiH1rcC4jyOPdbeOqLMZUXYbKVz/bH0No8eujFt4kRkRgAq pYhc3YOK43sQag+EzhyikJo7sQDyUM01JYihs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=q1+y1pgivckpJcMSpC913Yv5FMRKpmyia2742YWPvAwe0y4z+hXCCHo6dhPlhVYkU6 Se20vFF5QjEELubaqv1TQXhXMuBhSdKYwbX8+n4g7ZWTpbOKO2W/UJ5hwJAXmjbaOFbk ZiceI7WUankTCzuBbjVUsMocz0GUIWe84f2dU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.74.19 with SMTP id w19mr1430110wfa.125.1268934568636; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:49:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <3351778098-2078121394@intranet.com.mx> References: <2e027be01003170732y4ae4312fof9bf64e3574c964a@mail.gmail.com> <3351778098-2078121394@intranet.com.mx> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:49:28 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e1003181049p3cc91e3jf5da2a8663e35fd6@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Jorge Biquez Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List Subject: Re: 7.2-p7 -> 8-STABLE mergemaster core dump X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:49:29 -0000 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Jorge Biquez wrote: > Hello all. > With all respect Doug, users that have remote machines and do not have > access to it to boot single user like the manual says.. what can we do? I > understand that step is to be sure that no user will modify something while > we are doing those process. In my case I do that step after midnight when > our users are not in the server. > > Can others with remote systems comment about what they do in this step? > > Thanks in advance > KVM over IP or have someone onsite who is at least able to follow instructions and trusted eg datacenter personel(Some offer a "helping hands" type of program). KVM over IP is much preferred. Your KVM should be plugged into a power strip capable of remote management in case it flakes out(the ones I've used all do occasionally) so can be power cycled. -- Adam Vande More