Re: How could this account have been cracked?



On 26 Sep 2006 12:17:52 -0700, "robb@xxxxxxx" <robb@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Although... maybe a happy medium would be to just install a new HD in
the existing box, and use that as the new OS filesystem. Mount the
existing suspect drive as data, and migrate that way.

I did that recently, not 'cos I got rooted, but bought new HDD and decided
it was time for a fresh OS install and a cleanup:

~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 4112444 2718048 1394396 67% /
/dev/hda6 514028 51728 462300 11% /home
/dev/sdb1 10281216 3385888 6895328 33% /home/grant/linux
/dev/sda10 16449988 5934708 10515280 37% /home/grant/vmware
/dev/hda7 514028 227356 286672 45% /usr/local
/dev/hda8 514028 54012 460016 11% /opt/kbuild
/dev/hda13 104869048 87867892 17001156 84% /home/music
deltree:/home/share 8224960 2778056 5446904 34% /home/share

Twin SATAs are the old HDDs, got a new PATA 250GB few weeks back.

Grant.
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