[9fans] Re: TELNET from Remote Linux machine?

[James <brojohnson@home.com>]

I'm having the same issues. SO If you get some help fill me in :-)
James

Rory Savage wrote:

> I am new the Plan9 universe, so please don't flame me.  Anyhow, I got
> IP based networking configured and working, and I was able to start
> tcp services.  What I want/need is to have the ability to telnet into
> the CPU Server from a remote linux machine.  I seem to be having an
> authtentication problem.
>
> When I telnet in to (try to) this is what happens;
>
> $ telnet 192.168.1.21
>
> Trying 192.168.1.21...
> Connected to 192.168.1.21.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> user: rsavage
> password: password: password: password: password: authentication
> failure
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> What am I doing wrong?  The funny thing is I don't even have a
> password on the system as it is, and when I try, I can't seem to make
> it work.
>
> I ran /bin/aux/listen il
>       /bin/aux/listen tcp
>
>       /bin/auth/keyfs
>
>       and I got an error message
>
>       ``can't read /dev/key, please enter machine key''
>
> But /dev/key is owned by user `rsavage' in which I have started up the
> system as.
>
> Any ideas?    I wish there was a detail book on Plan9 :)
>
> Thanks!!