Re: [9fans] Drawterm vs Autentication Server

[Alexander Povolotsky <ap80@lucent.com>]

I did not mean that the enhancement I am requesting for Plan 9 owners to
implement only relates to the "drawterm" (Solaris code) side
(though implementation of the "noauth" modifier and passing it to Plan 9 cpu
server during connection  belongs to that part
of the code).
Obviously the Plan 9 listener should also be modified as a part of
fulfilling my request.

>You could consider removing
> the authentication protocol from both drawterm and
> the cpu listener, but that's more work than just setting
> up a proper auth server.

If what I am asking above is too much ..., then
instead of me removing the authentication protocol  in my copy of the code,
I would like to ask Plan 9 code owners to implement in the next standard
distribution.

If even the latter request is too hard to honor,
then at least I would like to ask Plan 9 code owners to provide for ability
to start "authentication server"
manually, thus allowing to fully upgrade from Plan 9 terminal to Plan 9 CPU
server "on the fly",
i.e. without reconfiguring and rebuilding the kernel.

Best Regards,
Alex Povolotsky
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<rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com> wrote in message
news:200104231539.LAA20789@smtp1.fas.harvard.edu...
> > Is it possible to consider implementation  of "noauth" option for the
> > drawterm (running on Solaris )
> >  to allow to connect to the Plan 9 machine without authentication ?
>
> It's not drawterm that is insisting on authentication,
> but the cpu server itself.  You could consider removing
> the authentication protocol from both drawterm and
> the cpu listener, but that's more work than just setting
> up a proper auth server.
>
> Russ