Date: 15 Dec 97 23:32:40 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: reject to boot Message-ID: <639_9712152359@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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At 15 Dec 97 12:42:24 Uno.Fors@mip.ki.se wrote regarding reject to boot U> We have a serious problem in that someone from outside revealed U> the root password and "tookover" the machine. When we try to boot U> from diskette it goes to stop with a black screen before it comes U> to the menu with choices. Do you have any idea on what could have U> caused this. Can the intruder have made any change to the kernel U> or something so that the system is unabled to boot from U> diskette??? You should be able to boot from the bootstrap-diskette, as it doesn't use the stuff on the hd until it tries to mount the root. Can the machine boot from hd? Do you get the boot: prompt, so you can enter -s to go to single-user? I would make a fresh installation floppy, and upgrade the whole system, in case hacked executables are installed, and then double-check what is run from inetd and misc rc-files. Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk
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