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o Can't unset the session var anymore resulting in permanent
  login error message display until login was successful.
o Remove some padding and make permanent room for the error
  message so that the container doesn't grow after submit.
o Move the workaround to a permanent position in <button/>.
o Move the copyright right line right underneath the container.

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(config) automatic recovery when config is broken, closes https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/701

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note: there's no trigger to perform the sync, so currently differences are only synced in the slipstream of otther events.
The events around synchronisation and reloading services really need some work sometime....

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