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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:47:15 +0800
From: sqweek <sqweek@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Using the Acme Editor
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:58 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
>> You only need a cpu
>> server if you want to let other machines run processes on your
>> machine. You only need an auth server if you want to serve resources
>> to a remote machine.
>
> i don't think this is accurate.
>
> You only need a cpu server if you want to let /multiple users/ run
> processes on your machine.  You only need an auth server if you
> want to /authenticate/.
>
> you don't need multiple machines to authenticate.  (you can authenticate
> to a fs running on the local machine.  you can authenticate via imap
> locally.)  you don't need multiple users to need a cpu server.  you need
> a cpu server to run services such as smtp or cron.

 Ah, right. Thanks for clarifying Erik, sorry about the swearing Eris.
 Makes a lot more sense now, though I still don't see the need to run
auth for a standalone terminal. cpu serv for cron, maybe.
-sqweek