Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:00:19 -0500 (EST) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Networked single-user recovery (Was: Re: Background fsck is broken) Message-ID: <20041215095337.T19917@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <44115.1103109518@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <44115.1103109518@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <m33by7zula.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>, Matthias Andree writes: > >> On my wishlist, I've always wanted a "networked single user mode" >> (i. e. only sshd running, only root login with key possible), and I've >> always wondered why the whole system recovery is focused so much on the >> principle of a "single-user console". > > Implement it! I've wanted that for a long time too. You realize that you're advocating a statically linked sshd in /rescue, right? :-) I've always wanted a network recovery mode, and am currently looking into implementing such a beast (For racks devoid of serial console muxers and annoying jungles of kvm wires, for example). Andy | Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > | Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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