Re: [9fans] A few questions about plan 9

[Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>]

> First off, I've managed to connect to plan9 using drawterm from my  
> powerbook.  I followed the instructions from http://www.cs.bell- 
> labs.com/wiki/plan9/Drawterm_to_your_terminal/diff.html  which worked  
> very well - I do have a query though, it seems to imply that you have  
> to execute "echo 'key user=glenda dom=drawterm.test proto=p9sk1 ! 
> password=loginpassword' > /mnt/factotum/ctl" each time you reboot the  
> machine - is this true, or is this only required on the first use?

check secstore(1)

> 
> I'm also trying to look at my plan9.ini file, after searching the  
> internet, I have discovered that it's on a separate partition which  
> can be accessed using the 9fat: command, executing this command  
> though gives the error message: "mount: can't open /srv/dos: '/srv/ 
> dos' permission denied" - help?!?

check dossrv(4) and look at the permissions on /srv/dos.  it's most
likey due to being drawterm-ed in with a different id than 'bootes',
who owns things on the cpu.  lastly check /rc/bin/9fat: (and friends)
for more hints

> One final question, what resources are there to learn about  
> development under plan9 - I've found bits & pieces, but I'd like to  
> know what is available.

i find that reading the Plan9 sources is very educational.  after that
the contrib directory on sources is useful.