what are the pros and cons of running in single user?

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jan, I agree with what you say about tuning the startup scripts. In my 
relatively limited experience as a system admin., I think this is the 
'better' thing to do. Perhaps you would agree. My next step is to 
understand the kernel security levels and what each one entails. But, 
that I can, hopefully, look up.

thanks,
alex

On Sep 16, 2004, at 9:56 AM, Jan Grant wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Ed Budd wrote:
>
>> mailing lists at MacTutor wrote:
>>> I have a machine running 4.10-STABLE that will be a dedicated 
>>> gateway with a
>>> router/firewall combo and web server plus mysql server (maybe). What 
>>> would
>>> be the pros and cons of running this system single user? Processes 
>>> that run
>>> under their own uid, would they be able to run?
>>>
>>> Just curious. Any extra thoughts welcome.
>>>
>>
>> er...doesn't "single user" mode mean no networking? My understanding 
>> is that
>> this is really only for maintenance (ie. make installworld, etc.), 
>> not regular
>> operations. Perhaps you meant something else or I just haven't had 
>> enough
>> caffeine yet...
>
> <snip>
> So to answer the question: you can certainly tune the scripts and
> services available that launch you into multi-user mode to get a 
> minimum
> profile on the machine. However if you modify rc to the extent that it
> turns on everything you need in order to set up bridging, run a few
> daemons etc then you're effectively duplicating the multiuser startup
> anyway.
>
> jan
>
> * modulo securelevel changes which can only be reverted via reboot.
>
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