From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 17 20:32:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8317A16A416 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:32:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danger@FreeBSD.org) Received: from virtual.micronet.sk (smtp.micronet.sk [84.16.32.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB8D743D6A for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:32:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danger@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by virtual.micronet.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B12B310E669; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:31:40 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at virtual.micronet.sk Received: from virtual.micronet.sk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (virtual.micronet.sk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32LmohiSeMvF; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:31:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from danger.mcrn.sk (danger.mcrn.sk [84.16.37.254]) by virtual.micronet.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F11010E65D; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:31:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:32:05 +0200 From: Daniel Gerzo Organization: The FreeBSD Project X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <37857215.20060917223205@rulez.sk> To: "pobox@verysmall.org" In-Reply-To: <450C46A8.3080908@verysmall.org> References: <450C46A8.3080908@verysmall.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Gerzo List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:32:13 -0000 Hello pobox, Saturday, September 16, 2006, 8:47:04 PM, you wrote: > Hello, > could somebody help me to understand the best way to enter into a single > user mode on a remote server. > I need it for the moment, during rebuilding world, when I have to reboot > into single user mode before 'mergemaster -p'. I don't want to persuade you to something that is not officially supported, but I have never booted into single user mode while upgrading my FreeBSD boxes and I have never experienced any problems because of this. Just try to skip the reboot step and go ahead. It works(tm) for me this way. If you are paranoid, try to stop all running services except the ssh deamon. -- Best regards, Daniel mailto:danger@FreeBSD.org