From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] /dev/authenticator
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Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 15:14:12 -0500
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  what is the significance of the abovementioned device?

  i am trying to connect to the auth server from a different p9 box
  (standalone terminal) and receive errors when using the normal p9
  authentication mechanism. the error mentions /dev/authenticator but not
  much else.

That usually means the password your terminal
has (from boot time) and the password your auth
server thinks it should have don't agree.

That is, you probably mistyped your password at boot.
Try retyping it with aux/typepasswd.

Russ