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Subject: Re: [9fans] server configuration
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hi,

> open a window. in it 'echo debug > /mnt/factotum/ctl;cat /dev/kprint'.
> open another window. do something that fails.
>
> if the problem doesn't become obvious, mail me what you get in the
> kprint window.

wow! atlast i have cofigured my machine properly. now, all the things (ss=
h,
telnet, ftp) work very well. the words 'auth/debug' and 'authdom' were
clues enough for me to cross the hurdles. i figured that i had given some
near-junk domain name during reboot (after the blahblahblah nvram
initialization). auth/debug pointed me the mistakes. after i corrected
those things, everything seems to be fine now.

the wordings "The authdom is a non-empty domain (e.g. moscvax.edu) of you=
r
choosing (for debugging), ..." in Wiki standalone CPU server config page =
in
really confused me. i thought i can give any name for the domain and it
wont be needed.

apart from this, wiki page on ssh configuration also confused me. it seem=
s
to be neither useful nor correct. why cant we change it, if it is not val=
id
anymore?

next, i see that there is really no information on auth setup really in t=
he
wiki pages. just a few lines describing auth/debug, and anything else to
check would have been enough.

i can do some of these things and of course, you can feel free to modify
it. are wiki pages editable now? can i go ahead and do it?

though i have been using plan 9 for many years, only recently i am doing
things like CPU/AUTH server setup etc. things are a bit difficult
initially, but i can see that i am gaining knowledge on plan 9 day by day=
.
i feel happy to play with and use plan 9. and i am wondering why i didnt
jump into it early enough.

thanks dave, andrey and lucio for your responses.

regards
dharani