Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:49:34 +0200 From: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org> To: Daniel Gerzo <danger@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server Message-ID: <450DC2EE.7020002@verysmall.org> In-Reply-To: <37857215.20060917223205@rulez.sk> References: <450C46A8.3080908@verysmall.org> <37857215.20060917223205@rulez.sk>
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Daniel Gerzo wrote: > 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. Phew... I hear this again and again. Only I am not sure I have the level of boldness to do this on a production machine. Isn't the following sequence of steps similar - 'shutdown -r now' (reboots in multi-user mode), and then immediately 'shutdown now' (drops to single user mode)? Iv.
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