well there are two benefits.  security of the keys and the ability to pxe boot the CPU server


On Oct 24, 2016 3:15 PM, G B <g_patrickb@yahoo.com> wrote:
I've been reading and am in the process of planning a Plan 9 network with a terminal, a couple of CPU servers and a file server; I've read the authentication server can be separate from the CPU server.  Is there any benefit to separating them?  What steps would need to be taken to setup a separate auth server?