RE: reboot in single user

2007-07-09 Thread Johan Hendriks
Hi all, I'm curious to know if there is a command to reboot into single user mode- * more importantly* if I do reboot in single user mode can I still SSH in? My box is not physically near me and I'm upgrading 5.5 to 6.2 - so it this possible- or do I need to go get the box and attach a keyboard

RE: reboot in single user

2007-07-09 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
I'm curious to know if there is a command to reboot into single user mode- * more importantly* if I do reboot in single user mode can I still SSH in? My box is not physically near me and I'm upgrading 5.5 to 6.2 - so it this possible- or do I need to go get the box and attach a keyboard

Re: reboot in single user

2007-07-09 Thread Rob
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: How long will this take- as stopping the daemons (spamd/clamd etcc..) will cause a halt in my incoming mail? Only a temporary halt. SMTP was designed for intermittent / flaky connections. The sending servers will just try again, for a few days typically, if it

RE: reboot in single user

2007-07-09 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
How long will this take- as stopping the daemons (spamd/clamd etcc..) will cause a halt in my incoming mail? Only a temporary halt. SMTP was designed for intermittent / flaky connections. The sending servers will just try again, for a few days typically, if it fails on the initial

Re: reboot in single user

2007-07-09 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:09:20 -0400 Jean-Paul Natola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as I have certain users that become very unhappy when they see a massage arrive more than an hour after it was originally sent. well...do they understand how email systems work? if they don,t then you can explain

Re: reboot in single user

2007-07-09 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: I'm aware of SMTP retries- just trying to gauge how long it will take - as I have certain users that become very unhappy when they see a massage arrive more than an hour after it was originally sent. There's a reason email is called email and not instant messaging.

RE: reboot in single user

2007-07-09 Thread Johan Hendriks
I'm curious to know if there is a command to reboot into single user mode- * more importantly* if I do reboot in single user mode can I still SSH in? My box is not physically near me and I'm upgrading 5.5 to 6.2 - so it this possible- or do I need to go get the box and attach a keyboard