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Is there any reason to run in single-user mode?

April 26, 2017mode run single-user

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Is there any reason to run in single-user mode?

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Several, you might want to: • fsck your filesystem due to suspected corruption • edit corrupted system configuration files in /etc • install a new set of binaries which you downloaded or compiled yourself • make a backup of your filesystem without worrying about interference from user processes Thanks to Ken Nakata (kenn@eden.rutgers.edu) for the above answer.