Re: [9fans] Problems setting up a cpu/auth/file server

[Kim Shrier <kim@tinker.com>]

On May 8, 2007, at 10:54 PM, Federico Benavento wrote:

> not necessarly, you can drawterm to your terminal
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Drawterm_to_your_terminal/
>
>

Thanks. I'll look into that.

> the wiki is fine, you missed something, people always miss some
> step.
>

I.m sure that is the case.

> bootes should be in sys not kim... see below
>

Is it normal to set up a user that is a member of sys, in this
case kim, so that that user can do system maintenance?

Or, should I log in as sys when I need to do maintenance?

Should I assign passwords to sys and adm? Normally I would
think so.

>
> you didn't run /sys/lib/newuser like the adding a new user wiki says,
> that script creates a standard env for the new user when he/she
> starts the system , like binding /usr/$user/tmp to /tmp, so /tmp
> is replaced by the user's tmp dir.
>

Yes, I definitely forgot that.

>>      mv: can't create /rc/bin/service.auth/il566: '/rc/bin/
>> service.auth/il566' permission denied
>>      mv: can't create /rc/bin/service.auth/tcp567: '/rc/bin/
>> service.auth/tcp567' permission denied
>>      mv: can't stat /rc/bin/service/il566: '/rc/bin/service/il566'
>> does not exist
>>      mv: can't stat /rc/bin/service/tcp567: '/rc/bin/service/tcp567'
>> does not exist
>>
> that's why there is a if() in the standard cpurc, so you don't get
> that error
>

I do have the following lines in cpurc.

if(! test -e /rc/bin/service.auth/il566){
	mv /rc/bin/service.auth/authsrv.il566 /rc/bin/service.auth/il566
	mv /rc/bin/service.auth/authsrv.tcp567 /rc/bin/service.auth/tcp567
	mv /rc/bin/service/il566 /rc/bin/service/_il566
	mv /rc/bin/service/tcp567 /rc/bin/service/_tcp567
}

>
> bootes should be in sys, not kim
>

OK.  I don't think the instructions mention that.

>
> you also need to edit your /lib/ndb/local with something like
>
> ipnet=whatever ip=someip ipmask=someipmask
>    sys=bootesmachine ether=bootesmachineeaddr
>    auth=bootesmachine
> ...
>

I had already done that.

> -- 
> Federico G. Benavento
>

Thanks,
Kim