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To: Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se>
Subject: Re: Diskless question 
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Hi, Reference:
> From:		Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> 
> Date:		Sat, 14 Sep 2013 09:36:58 +0200 

Bernt Hansson wrote:
> Hello list!
> 
> I have a setup with a diskless machine and working, but I can not log in 
> as root on the diskless. How to proceed?

Log in as non root & see what /var/log shows
Mount the media elsewhere then either
	give a good look at what might be wrong,
	relax some restrictive permissions
	create some temporary back doors.
	rlogin, ssh, no or simple password on toor etc

Cheers,
Julian
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