From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 15 21:57:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D47F16A41F for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:57:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca [128.100.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4DF143D48 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:57:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fields.fields.utoronto.ca (fields.localdomain [192.168.216.11]) by fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields 6.0) with ESMTP id j8FLvU0r027626 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:57:30 -0400 Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by fields.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields WS 6.0) with ESMTP id j8FLvR6P029948; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:57:27 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E42FA511FD; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:57:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:57:26 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: ?ystein Holmen Message-ID: <20050915215726.GA27369@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <07276B16-05B6-4765-B9AA-E8BBB2B634F2@uhort.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <07276B16-05B6-4765-B9AA-E8BBB2B634F2@uhort.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuilding "world" without physical access 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, 15 Sep 2005 21:57:31 -0000 --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:53:05PM +0200, ?ystein Holmen wrote: > I have usually followed the canonical way to update my system, as =20 > described in the handbook. But now I need to update a system that I =20 > cannot reach physically for a long time. Is there any way to do this? =20 > The system runs primarily as a webserver, and it doesn't have many =20 > users. Could I just stop apache and follow the canonical way, except =20 > I don't go into single user mode? You could if you are lucky, but what disaster recovery plan do you have in case something goes wrong and the system becomes unusable? Kris --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDKe5GWry0BWjoQKURAv2yAJ4/CjJnxv6KWTAGXN7HVoPtGyEC4QCgwPu+ Rc5bcLOu3pgSYB7SF+xiMWU= =GheK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--