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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:40:25 -0700
From: "Brian L. Stuart" <blstuart@bellsouth.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] sheevaplug port available
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> Wasn't that what we found just last week regarding the=0A> /dev/sd00/nvra=
m thing?=A0 This is=0A> on native Plan 9, (er, under VMware), not 9vx or an=
ything=0A> like that.=A0 The filesystem is=0A> fossil, not kfs.=0A=0AThe fi=
le servers that maintain on-disk file systems=0Alike kfs, fossil, kenfs, et=
c. all do use groups in=0Athe expected way.  Part of the reason they can ea=
sily=0Ado so is that they have the file that lists the groups.=0AThe in-ker=
nel file servers and many of the user space=0Afile servers that don't provi=
de persistent data storage=0Ado not fully handle groups.  This isn't too su=
rprising=0Asince they might well be running without a persistent=0Adisk-bas=
ed file system present.  So the fossil file=0Asystem does use groups, but t=
he server that provides=0A/dev/sd00 does not.=0A=0ABLS=0A