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Date:      Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:00:19 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Networked single-user recovery (Was: Re: Background fsck is broken)
Message-ID:  <20041215095337.T19917@alpha.siliconlandmark.com>
In-Reply-To: <44115.1103109518@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <44115.1103109518@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <m33by7zula.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>, Matthias Andree writes:
>
>> On my wishlist, I've always wanted a "networked single user mode"
>> (i. e. only sshd running, only root login with key possible), and I've
>> always wondered why the whole system recovery is focused so much on the
>> principle of a "single-user console".
>
> Implement it!  I've wanted that for a long time too.

You realize that you're advocating a statically linked sshd in /rescue, 
right? :-)

I've always wanted a network recovery mode, and am currently looking into 
implementing such a beast (For racks devoid of serial console muxers and 
annoying jungles of kvm wires, for example).

Andy

| Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
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