[cobalt-users] Restore CD / Hacked / Support

[Eurowolf@xxxxxxx]

>>
 boot the PC from the CD, and the restore should be done. I never did
 this, but that's what the OS Restore CD manual says ;-)
 Florian >>

we have done the restore a few times.......the only worry I have with the 
restore CD.....tech support at cobalt quickly says...restore !!! restore!!

A few days ago we had some network troubles, and one box we coull not 
reach..real funny others could reach it from other networks.....calling 
cobalt...Support said they could get in..and after snooping around the 
verdict was hacked on that machine..  leaving a directory at 
/etc/named/ADMROCKS..... they used a bind 'hole' .... the latest security 
patch from  cobalt...should make it not   that easy to get in....    AND we 
had to restore QUICKLY

The clients have been able to get in for the past week, we cant use the 
interface from our network, but we can with our cable modem ......  

we never restored, changed passwd, but never restored, no matter what Cobalt 
says..it seems there is a routing problem in the machine , but hell why spend 
hrs restoring a machine, just because Cobalt says restore instead of tackling 
the routing issue

we are not very good with their version of linux ( beng an HP shop), but hey 
the machine is ticking and ticking...and we save the horror of a few hrs 
restoring .........