A slightly different perspective, from a relative newbie... my read is that Bill is saying that if you've forgotten the password then the box just hangs while trying to startup.
By getting in the box in the Single-user mode he is able to get into the files to edit hostconfig without having the computer hangup trying to start Apache... because in Single-user mode Apache doesn't start up at all. Although Ken does have an interesting point on the security issue... but I see Bill's point... the computer should still ask for the pwd in Single-user mode as well. For example, at work I have physical access to my colleague's computer but I still can't get in because it asks me for his password, which, conveniently, I don't know. Anyway, thanks Bill for adding your experience to the archive. I'll file it away because knowing myself, I will probably always need ways to get out of corners I work myself into. pk/ On Monday, April 1, 2002, at 09:12 PM, Chris Devers wrote: > On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Bill -Sx- Jones wrote: > >> On 4/1/02 9:46 PM, "Chris Devers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Bill -Sx- Jones wrote: >>> >>>> Cmd-S (Single User Mode.) >>> >>> Why are you booting into single user mode to edit >>> /private/etc/hostconfig? >>> Why not just edit it normally, then reboot if you have to? Does being >>> booted into single user mode while editing the file resolve some issue >>> that I'm not able to think of here? I don't see the point here... >> >> Apparently you didn't read the whole message ? >> >> Re-read it and get back to me; > > Thanks, but I read it twice & now three times, and I still don't get it. > Why does setting up SSL mode boots of Apache get easier when you boot > into > single user mode, as opposed to just doing "sudo pico /etc/hostconfig" > and > then rebooting without the extra, slow step? I believe that there has to > be a good reason to do it this way, but like I say, I don't see the > point. > > > > -- > Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apache / mod_perl / http://homepage.mac.com/chdevers/resume/ > > "More war soon. You know how it is." -- mnftiu.cc >
