Re: itp: static bins / resolving static debian issues
On 1999/08/19, Justin Wells wrote:
> Some of you may have missed the mounds of earlier discussion. The
> point of "live recovery" is to recover the system WITHOUT requiring
> a reboot, therefore any boot disk or LILO solution is not acceptable.
>
> Suppose you screw something up, but your database and webserver are
> still linked and loaded. Why bring them down?
>
> You need to get a root shell WITHOUT a reboot. So you need roots
> shell to be static, and you need a static su, and a static sulogin.
And how are you going to become root on a system if noone is logged in? You
need a static getty, a static login, or, if you want to do it remotely, a
static inetd, a static telnetd, or a static sshd. And so on. Like I said in
my previous message.
Besides, if it is your webserver you are worrying about, you do realize it
can't run CGI scripts anymore, if libc is hosed. I doubt sendmail or any other
mail server will continue to work if libc is hosed either.
Could you please consider answering under the message you quoted? Most people
read from top to bottom.
- Ruud de Rooij.
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