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

[Claudio Leite <leitec@bughlt.org>]

* Steve Simon (steve@quintile.net) wrote:
> Claudio,
> 
> WRT Eric's email:
> 
> > --rw-rw---- M 9 mach0 adm 2125 Dec 18 08:13 /adm/keys
> > --rw-rw---- M 9 mach0 adm 1539 Dec 18 08:14 /adm/keys.who

I think that's what's wrong: /adm/keys and /adm/keys.who are owned by
"adm" on my server. I will try to change the owner to bootes and see
what happens. 

> 
> I think he is onto somthing here, my permissions are a little different,
> my CPU servers boot as the user 'bootes' - its like root on a unix box, its a
> name which is used by convention for the owner of a machine but everything
> still works if you use a different name, you just have to rembember to use the
> same name as the owner of all your cpu and auth servers. It seems Eric uses
> mach0 as the hostowner for his cpu server, and from your description
> you have chosen glenda.

I actually used 'bootes' for the server owner, but by using glenda I
meant that was the user from which I did the initial setup (pre-reboot).

> 
> I also allow the world to read keys.who as this does not contain secrets, only
> admin info (real name email address etc).
> 
> --rw------- M 17739 bootes sys 300 Jan  3  2006 /adm/keys
> --rw-rw-r-- M 17739 bootes sys 166 Aug 17  2005 /adm/keys.who
> 
> As I rembember it I had to create these files using the
> fossil console. This was years ago though and the distribution may
> now create these correctly.
> 
> 	cpu% con -l /srv/fscons
> 	  prompt:  fsys main create /active/adm/keys bootes sys 600
> 	  prompt:  fsys main create /active/adm/keys.who bootes sys 664
> 	ctrl-\ q
> 
> Note: ``prompt:'' is the default prompt printed by the fossil console
> 
> -Steve