Not really, so long as you reboot when your finished. Just make sure you don't mess up, or you could potentially leave your system unbootable :)
D. -------------------------------- Dale Corse System Administrator Wolfpaw Services Inc. http://www.wolfpaw.net (780) 474-4095 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Palfreman Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Upgrading without console access Sometimes it just isn't convenient to have console access to a machine. Adding a modem increases the cost of what a customer sees as a black box, and asking then to plug a telephone in every major security breach is awkward, compared to going in via ssh and just fixing it. Nor is it always convenient to have two machines linked together by null-modem cables. So, how safe is it to make and build a new world and kernel, and just to kill off most processes instead of actually dropping down to proper single user mode? I've done that a few times, but are there any really good reasons why you shouldn't do this all the time? -- W. Palfreman. I'm looking for a job: Tel: 0771 355 0354 http://www.palfreman.com/william/ for my CV. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
