On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 08:53:03PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas probably wrote: > On 2004-09-16 13:39, mailing lists at MacTutor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > > 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. > > Hmmm. Don't get me wrong, but you shouldn't "go that route". Other than
I thought `that route' == `customize system start up' according to the
scoping rules:)
> purely educational and system recovery reasons there's no real gain in
> getting your system up in single user mode and manually doing what the
> startup scripts will do automagically for you when properly configured.
True, single-user mode is not intended to be the normal way of booting
up a system. It's a bit like having to start up your heart, lungs, etc.
when you get up --- if you forget something, things would go wrong:).
Any security gained from single user mode can be achieved in multi-user
mode with proper configuration.
Still, stuff learnt for purely education reasons sometimes helps.
>
> Regards,
> Giorgos
>
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