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From: "Tim Wiess" <tim@nop.cx>
To: jfloren@moseslake-wa.com
Cc: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] First-timer help
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 12:29:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <542612c4583628403a95a4a955789e65@akira.nop.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42DAAF20.1050102@moseslake-wa.com>

> I've already read through the wiki.  I did run newuser after I manager 
> to login as my new user.  However, I still cannot set any passwords, so 
> logging in is kinda insecure.

    The user authentication methods used in P9 are a little different than
    unix. Read up on keyfs(4) and factotum(4). Basically P9 was designed
    to have terminals authenticate themselves to a separate CPU or
    authentication server.


> And why do you have to reboot in order to change users?  UNIX has had 
> that from the beginning, and I don't see any reason to drop it.

    Again P9's an entirly different system. There are many
    similarities with Unix, but there are far more differences. And
    thinking in terms of Unix when dealing with P9 will most likely
    just lead to frustration and confusion.

    It may take a little time to get over the hurdle of adapting to a
    new environment, but your paitence and efforts will be rewarded
    many times over.

    If you haven't already, start reading the docs in /sys/doc or
    http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/



  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-07-17 19:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-17 18:27 John Floren
2005-07-17 18:26 ` Gorka guardiola
2005-07-17 19:18   ` John Floren
2005-07-17 19:20     ` Russ Cox
2005-07-17 23:12       ` Charles Forsyth
2005-07-18  9:23         ` Martin C. Atkins
2005-07-18 10:45           ` lucio
2005-07-18 18:24             ` Jack Johnson
2005-07-19  6:01             ` Martin C. Atkins
2005-07-19 13:29               ` Axel Belinfante
2005-07-19 13:57               ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-19 16:11                 ` Martin C. Atkins
2005-07-19 15:38               ` Charles Forsyth
2005-07-19 16:12                 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2005-07-19 16:39                 ` Martin C. Atkins
2005-07-21  2:30                 ` Tim Newsham
2005-07-20  1:43               ` Brian L. Stuart
2005-07-18 13:08           ` Steve Simon
2005-07-21  2:17             ` Tim Newsham
2005-07-21  4:34               ` arisawa
2005-07-21  2:11         ` Tim Newsham
2005-07-21  2:57           ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-22  9:44             ` Richard Miller
2005-07-22  9:49               ` Charles Forsyth
2005-07-22 15:09                 ` Gorka guardiola
2005-07-22 14:14               ` Wes Kussmaul
2005-07-22 15:36               ` David Leimbach
2005-07-22 18:13                 ` jmk
2005-07-23  3:30                 ` LiteStar numnums
2005-07-23 16:19                   ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-21 16:12           ` Dave Eckhardt
2005-07-21 16:23             ` Russ Cox
2005-07-21 17:33             ` Wes Kussmaul
2005-07-21 18:13             ` Tim Newsham
2005-07-22  6:16               ` Dave Eckhardt
2005-07-22  6:20                 ` Charles Forsyth
2005-07-21 23:00             ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-22  1:28               ` David Leimbach
2005-07-22  1:48               ` Russ Cox
2005-07-22  3:54                 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-22  5:57                   ` lucio
2005-07-17 19:20     ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-07-17 19:47       ` John Floren
2005-07-17 19:44         ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-07-17 20:17           ` John Floren
2005-07-17 20:20             ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-07-17 20:58               ` Russ Cox
2005-07-17 19:45         ` Christopher Nielsen
2005-07-17 23:17         ` Charles Forsyth
2005-07-18  0:33           ` Dave Lukes
2005-07-18  7:31             ` lucio
2005-07-18 15:24             ` Jack Johnson
2005-07-18 15:33               ` David Leimbach
2005-07-18 13:51         ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-18 15:54           ` arisawa
2005-07-18 16:46             ` Jack Johnson
2005-07-17 19:29     ` Tim Wiess [this message]
2005-07-19  0:33     ` arisawa
2005-07-19  1:04       ` arisawa
2005-07-17 18:26 ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-07-17 18:30   ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-07-17 22:13 ` [9fans] " Dave Eckhardt
2005-07-18 20:42 [9fans] " Ben Huntsman
2005-07-19 15:48 Ben Huntsman
2005-07-19 16:01 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-19 16:07   ` Jack Johnson
2005-07-19 16:10   ` Russ Cox
2005-07-19 16:23     ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-19 16:46       ` Martin C. Atkins
2005-07-19 16:40     ` Bakul Shah
2005-07-19 16:51     ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-07-19 17:14     ` Devon H. O'Dell
2005-07-19 20:08       ` David Leimbach
2005-07-19 20:29         ` Devon H. O'Dell
2005-07-20  6:39     ` William K. Josephson
2005-07-19 20:05   ` David Leimbach
2005-07-20  4:40     ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-20  5:02       ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-07-20  8:46       ` Charles Forsyth
2005-07-20 13:44         ` David Leimbach
2005-07-20  0:57   ` Brian L. Stuart
2005-07-20  4:47     ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-21  2:33       ` Brian L. Stuart
2005-07-21  3:02         ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-21  3:46           ` Brian L. Stuart
2005-07-21  2:32 ` Tim Newsham
2005-07-19 16:33 Ben Huntsman
2005-07-20  4:09 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-07-20 16:38 Dave Eckhardt
2005-07-21 23:25 Francisco J. Ballesteros
2005-07-21 23:36 ` Devon H. O'Dell

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