Re: [9fans] Wiki standalone CPU/Auth instructions

[Paul Lalonde <plalonde@telus.net>]

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As a data point, I followed the cpu/auth server instructions about 2  
weeks ago with complete success, and got a server running in a  
Parallels machine quite easily (thanks to David Leimbach's patches).

Paul

On 21-Dec-06, at 1:31 PM, John Floren wrote:

> On 12/21/06, Claudio Leite <leitec@bughlt.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  I attempted once more to set up a CPU server from the  
>> instructions in
>> the wiki and ended up with the same problem. Everything goes as  
>> planned
>> until I reboot with the CPU kernel. I used glenda (which I
>> double-checked was in group sys) and made sure to keep track of  
>> the keys
>> I used. Yet, when I reboot (after resetting the nvram), I cannot  
>> write
>> to /adm/keys.who, and thus auth/changeuser fails for any user,  
>> including
>> bootes. So, I can't add anyone to the auth server, and of course  
>> cannot
>> login.
>>
>>  I set options -AWP on my fossil and of course that worked. But the
>> current instructions do not mention this (and I didn't quite get what
>> was meant in the discussions from Feb. or so when this was removed  
>> from
>> the wiki). Drawterm works fine at this point.
>> But when I remove -AWP, it once again cannot read /adm/keys
>> and /adm/keys.who, so drawterm and auth/changeuser both fail.
>>
>>  So--what should I do next?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> -Claudio
>>
>
> I'd like to interject that I have experienced this multiple times  
> myself.
> As I'm in the (currently interrupted) process of setting up a CPU/auth
> server, I'll probably run into it again soon; let's just hope I can
> find the voodoo solution again.
>
>
> John
> -- 
> Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

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