From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 16 17:39:24 2004 Return-Path: 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 5687816A4CE for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:39:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta13.adelphia.net (mta13.adelphia.net [68.168.78.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9176543D58 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:39:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@mactutor.biz) Received: from [192.168.0.20] (really [68.64.69.17]) by mta13.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with ESMTP id <20040916173922.KCUI9978.mta13.adelphia.net@[192.168.0.20]>; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:39:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20040916173113.GB1138@shark.localdomain> References: <414990F7.3000101@grokking.org> <20040916150113.GA585@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20040916173113.GB1138@shark.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <585281C6-0807-11D9-9096-000A95775140@mactutor.biz> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: mailing lists at MacTutor Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:39:22 -0400 To: Sergey Zaharchenko X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: Giorgos Keramidas cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what are the pros and cons of running in single user? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:39:24 -0000 Now might be a good time for me to point out that I'm learning some subtle and useful things about system startup that is helping me think about how I might customize system start up if I go that route. Thanks to everyone who's responding. alex On Sep 16, 2004, at 1:31 PM, Sergey Zaharchenko wrote: > On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 06:01:13PM +0300, > Giorgos Keramidas probably wrote: >> On 2004-09-16 09:11, Ed Budd wrote: >>> er...doesn't "single user" mode mean no networking? My understanding >>> is >>> that this is really only for maintenance (ie. make installworld, >>> etc.), >> >> Well, you can always bring up the network interfaces manually ;-) >> > > Actually, that's what /etc/netstart is for. > > -- > DoubleF > Carmel, New York, has an ordinance forbidding men to wear coats and > trousers that don't match. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Alexander Sendzimir (owner) 802 863 5502 MacTutor: Apple Mac OS X Consulting info@mactutor.biz