Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:21:49 +0100 From: "Jim Borland" <JimBorland@meridiansystems.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Can't log in a root from anywhere but the console screen. Message-ID: <41CAF31DAF5DBD4093DBD271E46C0E8704D1A2@msl01.msl.local>
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