[9fans] u9fs authentication

["Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>]

Once again I have to admit I don't really understand plan9 authentication,
can anyone help?

I want to use p9sk1 authentication to a u9fs server on a mac. I have set
up the server OK (launchd etc), but I cannot get the authentication to work.

I want to have a seperate password for the mac - I don't want to have to keep
bootes cleartext password on the mac (even if it is readable only by root). I
am not even sure if this is possible, however this is what I tried.

What I tried was to do was to create a plan9 account (powerbook) specifically
for my mac.


on the host 'mac' /etc/u9fs.keys contains:
	macpassword
	powerbook
	plan9.authentication.dom

I used auth/secuser to set the password for powerbook to macpassword on the auth
server's console.

then I try to connect to it using:


	% srv -s mac mac
	post...
	% mount -k 'user=powerbook' /srv/mac /n/mac

	# fgui un-hides here and I enter the password

	mount: auth_proxy: auth_proxy write fd: protocol botch
	mount: mount /n/mac: authentication failed

anyone any ideas?

Thanks, Steve