Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:13:26 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? Message-ID: <200511101313.jAADDQsT006141@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <E1EaBau-000JFM-De@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> wrote: > > > No, nothing outside the base system is required to build the base > > system. But don't nuke the ports before running cvsup :) > > Heh, I have done that in the past, I have to admit :-) Also must > note that one should not remove ones login shell before changing back > to /bin/sh if one wants to be able to login again! :-) That's why I always put a statically linked copy of my favourite shell (zsh) in /bin, so I can even use it in single-user mode. Under some circumstances it can also be useful to have an "emergency user" which is not dependant on anything outside the base system (i.e. doesn't use anything from /usr/local, doesn't have its home on an NFS volume, doesn't has its account information on NIS etc.). It should be a member of the wheel group so it can do "su". Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. cat man du : where Unix geeks go when they die
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