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.

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