Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:33:51 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Bill Desjardins <bill@carracing.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: single user mode Message-ID: <3A68F90F.819AA91D@urx.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101191940460.19534-100000@mail.carracing.com>
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Bill Desjardins wrote: > > Hello, > > I checked the man pages and archives but could not find the answer I was > looking for. I have jsut recently picked up some work admin'ing some > remote freebsd boxes which are running 4.0-release. I want to bring these > up to -STABLE, but they are located 3000 miles away, so re-booting into > single user mode is hardly an option since the people I am working with > know nothing about bsd. The question I have is how can I take these > machines from multiuser to single user mode via a shutdown without > dropping the network? is there a way to drop to single user mode from > multi without re-booting? I assume from there I can safely installworld > and finish up with a kernel build and reboot from there. If thats not > possible, what need I be concerned about doing an installworld in > multi-user? It depends on what your are running. I don't have to boot to single user to follow 4-stable. You might need to shut something like sendmail down but I don't use it and don't have to. > > As a side question, how would you go from single-user back to multi > without re-booting (if possible) and how would the security level play in > the equation? (just curious) If you aren't running -1, it plays a big deal. Kent > > Regards, > > Bill Desjardins > > -- > Bill Desjardins - bill@carracing.com - (USA) 305.205.8644 > Unix/Network Consulting - perl/mod_perl/SQL development > http://www.CarRacing.com - Powered by FreeBSD/mod_perl > http://www.FreeBSD.org - The Best OS Money can't buy > f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng... > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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