Hackers, FYI... I am going to change the sshd configuration to avoid the dependency even of root logging in that the database is available.
AuthorizedKeysCommandUser root Match User root AuthorizedKeysCommand /bin/true Match all AuthorizedKeysCommand /root/bin/sv_get_authorized_keys I have tested that locally. Seems to do the desired thing. And that was what prevented me from being able to log in after a reboot previously. I am deploying it on vcs0. Bob