From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Some questions...
From: forsyth@vitanuova.com
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:13:27 +0000
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in the past i've run a standalone auth/boot
server with a local (private) file system, as
some others do.

i didn't want to do that this time.
currently, at a suitable point in our /rc/bin/cpurc at work i do:

switch($sysname) {
case doppio
	ip/dhcpd
	ip/tftpd

	auth/keyfs -m /mnt/keys /adm/keys >/dev/null >[2=1]
	aux/listen -q -d /rc/bin/service -t /rc/bin/service.auth il
	aux/listen -q -d /rc/bin/service -t /rc/bin/service.auth tcp
	auth/cron >>/sys/log/cron >[2=1] &
	sleep 3	# give auth a chance

case *
	aux/listen -q -d /rc/bin/service il
	aux/listen -q -d /rc/bin/service tcp
}

which starts authentication and booting services on only one server (doppio).
it shares the same file server as everything else.