fai on cluster with debian x86_64

[Axel Freyn]

Hi Markus,
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 04:54:57PM +0100, Markus Uhlmann wrote:
> we are currently setting up a cluster using fai.
> we finally got to the state where we go through the installation and
> boot into a working system.
> 
> the problem then is that *sometimes* the superuser on the newly
> installed client has no password; therefore it is impossible to "ssh"
> into the system, although the network is up after reboot (e.g. "ping"
> from outside sees the client).
Maybe an easy workaround to simplify the testing would be to allow
key-based ssh to the clients and copy the ssh-Key during the
FAI-installation? With that, at least an ssh into the system would work
directly...

Axel