From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin McQuiggin Message-Id: <200007111628.JAA12348@fraser.sfu.ca> Subject: [9fans] Stage Two Questions To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:28:51 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: d7e48cb8-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Hi Gang: Well, I have Plan 9 installed and am on the way on my journey up the learning curve. What fun! I've made a user ID for myself, and have the network going. I got DNS going last night. ssh is set up and I can use it to get into some other Unix hosts. My machine is on the net. So far so good. I have some questions: 1. How do I set up authentication? 2. How do I set a password for myself or other users? "passwd" gives an error message. This looks to be related to #1 above. 3. Do I have to set up an auth server, or can I use one somewhere else on the net that's already set up? 4. Can I use cpu servers or apps elsewhere on the net? Any set of machines that I can make my machine part of, to join the collective, so to speak! 5. The window system: I can't figure out how to copy and paste (excuse me, "snarf") between windows. Two windows running sam for example, I can't cut and paste text between them. Frustrating! 6. Any way to bring up an xterm or the equivalent that runs on my Plan 9 machine, on a MS Win or X box? 7. Conversely, can I bring up a window on my Plan 9 box that is running on another Plan 9 machine somewhere else on the net? This is obviously possible, I must need an account or something however. I need to read more about networks in Plan 9 I suppose. Thanks in advance, Plan 9 looks great! Kevin -- Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD mcquiggi@sfu.ca