Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:30:02 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote Single User Mode? Message-ID: <20060322183001.GA23540@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <44219364.1070201@chrismaness.com> References: <44219364.1070201@chrismaness.com>
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--mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 10:11:48AM -0800, Chris Maness wrote: > In the make file for /usr/src it says I need to boot into single user=20 > mode. Is this possible from a remote connection (I don't think it is)? = =20 > Do I have to be in single user mode to do the following?: >=20 > # 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader promp= t). > # 6. `mergemaster -p' > # 7. `make installworld' > # 8. `mergemaster' > # 9. `reboot' >=20 > I administer this box by remote. You absolutely need to in certain situations. Sometimes (even often) you can get away without it, but sometimes your system won't reboot to multiuser mode unless you do those steps. Look into setting up a serial console; this is the "remote single user mode" you're looking for. Kris --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEIZepWry0BWjoQKURAqMzAKD7PRAoczQCvEKD9jN5A3Zopci2MgCfTyTq 9TFm5sxpxmKnu4pix1Aw5Rs= =/HFC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--
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