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From: rgr@sdf.lonestar.org (Rob Ristroph)
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] The 9grid.
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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:24:34 -0500
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>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Hollis-Locke <chris@hollis-locke.com> writes:
Chris>
>> the GRID definition that i like most is 'distributed computing
>> across administration domains'
Chris>
Chris> Ok, the various nodes of 9grid will come under different admin
Chris> domains but isn't there a single overarching domain - that for
Chris> authentication, and who is responsible for it?

This is related to question I have.

I have two computers with Plan 9 installed on them, on an IP only
network that has no DNS.

If I want to set up one as an authentication / cpu server, and the
other as a disk server.  ( A third Plan 9 computer, or drawterm on
linux, will be used to acess them. )

Do I need to set up DNS just so I can specify the authdom variable in
the appropriate scripts ?  In other words, to run an authentication
server do I need to have a DNS server running somewhere ?

Or can I give authdom a list of IPs, or a subnet ?

--Rob

P.S.  I am currently trying to solve my problem by running a DNS
server on a linux machine, but that just turned into another problem,
i.e., why doesn't it work.