Re: can't run as root with netbsd-5

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%rek.tjls.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 08:44:53AM -0600, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 05:31:39PM +1100, bsd-xen%roguewrt.org@localhost 
> wrote:
> > A major upgrade without physical access ... you're game!
> > 
> > And not syncing your userland and kernel while you have physical
> > root access, life on the edge! hehe
> 
>  I thought I had shorn up that edge pretty well by doing a test upgrade
> on a copy of the machine, but I guess I missed something.

Why not upgrade the kernel first?  In my experience that is always the
safest way to go (and is usually safe for remote upgrades too).

Thor