Re: [9fans] ntp

[Iruata Souza <iru.muzgo@gmail.com>]

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM,  <frank@inua.be> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to let a freshly installed Plan 9 box use NTP but can't get it
> to work.
>
> I used the explanation under "SETTING UP CORRECT TIMEZONE" from
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/installation_instructions/ but
> noticed some things:
>
> - User adm cannot edit /rc/bin/termrc because it is owned by user sys
>  and group sys and user adm isn't a member of the sys group. I could
>  make user adm a member of the sys group but this is probably not the
>  way to go.
>
> - User glenda is a member of the sys group and can edit
>  /rc/bin/termrc, so I changed the TIMESYNCARGS variable, saved, quit
>  sam and checked with p /rc/bin/termrc. However, after rebooting, the
>  change is lost (in outer space?). I also noticed that the copy of
>  the termrc file I made before making the change, was gone.
>
> I checked the manpages for boot, booting, root, namespace... but
> didn't really find the exact reason. I think it has to do with the
> fact that the directory I see as user glenda, is a union directory
> which only allows me to change the file in the current namespace. If
> that's the case, it's probably not the intention that I change it as
> user glenda either.
>
> What am I missing here?
>
>

assuming you are running the file server on this very machine, did you
run fshalt before rebooting?