From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:46:28 -0800 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <72dc1d01317687220bbbe888d07fbbe5@brasstown.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] adm "user" on plan9 raspberry pi Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3faf2690-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > > How do I log as user adm ? > > > > I use the standard plan9.iso image downloaded form ATT web site. > > I have not set any password. Glenda is automatically logged in. > > I've tried auth/changeuser but get "/mnt/key/adm permission denied" in > > return. > > > > I'm new to plan9. Read ATT docs, but I have not understand how to set > > password, and how to log as another user? > > > > Can someone help me ? > > > > Short answer: you don't. > > Historically adm is the owner of the file system, whereas eve is the host > owner (i.e. the initial user at boot). "bootes" is the traditional host > owner and is normally added to the adm group (check /adm/users for detail). > The easiest way to interact with the system as eve is to use the console. > If you're running a default system, this should be all that is needed. thanks for connecting a slightly rogue thought i'd had. i'd always thought of the authentication user of the file server (i use tor) as the hostowner, but in fact it's not. i would recommend *not* adding the cpu host owner to adm, as this preserves the separation of powers as in /sys/doc/9.ps. one can take this further by making the hostowner of the auth server different from other cpu servers, if you have a large network. - erik