16 Jan
2002
16 Jan
'02
09:59
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 10:43:06AM +0100, Roman Drahtmueller wrote:
My guess is that your 3ware controller and your disks suck too much electric power from the power supply, or there is another hardware bug. Security implications are possible, but why would a cracker reboot your system?
Maybe he has troianed the kernel sources, compiled a new kernel and wants to activate it. Or he has modified an init-script and wants to make sure it works. He just might to cover his traces and make sure his programs have been terminated. I'm sure people who know the boot process better than me could name several other reasons for rebooting a machine. Best regards, Albert Brandl