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RE: [cobalt-users] Server Attacked



> We've been cracked again <sigh> .. will an OS reinstall
> destroy all user sites/settings/files etc??

The OS Restore CD *will* destroy everything and leave your server
as-good-as-new, which also means as-blank-and-empty-as-new. This is why
you do backups.

An OS reinstall *over* your existing stuff will not destroy files on
partitions that don't get reformatted. You risk leaving bad things
behind, though.

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rodolfo@xxxxxxxx <mailto:rodolfo@xxxxxxxx>