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From: Anthony Sorace <a@9srv.net>
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:21:06 -0500
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Maintenance of an auth server files vs a dns+dhcp+tftp
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I'm not sure there's a single "canonical" answer, but many installations hav=
e run the auth server off its own file system, as James originally described=
. It's been several years now so my memory could be fuzzy, but I believe thi=
s is what they did at the main Bell Labs installation.=20

> On Nov 15, 2016, at 14:05, Stanley Lieber <sl@9front.org> wrote:
>=20
> "James A. Robinson" <jim.robinson@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
>> So in a canonical installation the auth server mounts its root from the
>> file server?
>>=20
>>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM Stanley Lieber <sl@9front.org> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> The idea is that there is one file system shared by all the
>> neighboring
>>> systems. The canonical Plan 9 installation comprises one disk file
>> server
>>> and many diskless computing machines (auth servers, cpu servers,
>> terminals).
>>>=20
>=20
> Yes. You can arrange for hands-free booting by storing  the same authid/au=
thdom/password in the nvram of both the file server and the auth server. I u=
sually boot the auth server from a 9fat partition or a USB key, then tcp (ac=
tually, tls) mount the root file system from the file server.
>=20
> sl
>=20