From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <32d987d50705082154s355867e5vd1630b8a954a0c79@mail.gmail.com> References: <32d987d50705082154s355867e5vd1630b8a954a0c79@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <9C7C2B42-4D4C-4B70-B78A-F273F75726A9@tinker.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kim Shrier Subject: Re: [9fans] Problems setting up a cpu/auth/file server Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 08:33:04 -0600 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 60c2794c-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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