Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:57:26 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: ?ystein Holmen <webmaster@uhort.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuilding "world" without physical access Message-ID: <20050915215726.GA27369@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <07276B16-05B6-4765-B9AA-E8BBB2B634F2@uhort.no> References: <07276B16-05B6-4765-B9AA-E8BBB2B634F2@uhort.no>
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--tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:53:05PM +0200, ?ystein Holmen wrote: > I have usually followed the canonical way to update my system, as =20 > described in the handbook. But now I need to update a system that I =20 > cannot reach physically for a long time. Is there any way to do this? =20 > The system runs primarily as a webserver, and it doesn't have many =20 > users. Could I just stop apache and follow the canonical way, except =20 > I don't go into single user mode? You could if you are lucky, but what disaster recovery plan do you have in case something goes wrong and the system becomes unusable? Kris --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDKe5GWry0BWjoQKURAv2yAJ4/CjJnxv6KWTAGXN7HVoPtGyEC4QCgwPu+ Rc5bcLOu3pgSYB7SF+xiMWU= =GheK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--
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