Re: [9fans] adm "user" on plan9 raspberry pi

[Christophe DAMAS <christophe.damas@gmail.com>]

On 2015-02-04 05:42:12 +0000, Bakul Shah said:

> On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 01:17:00 GMT christophe DAMAS 
> <christophe.damas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I need to access to /adm/timezone to change the timezone.
>> 
>> How do I log as user adm ?
>> 
>> I use the standard plan9.iso image downloaded form ATT web site.
> 
> Do you mean 9pi.img?
> 
>> I have not set any password. Glenda is automatically logged in.
> 
> You need to change cmdline.txt on the boot (DOS) partition to
> not automatically log in as glenda.
> 
> % c:		# this mounts the dos partition
> % cd /n/c
> % cp cmdline-term.txt cmdline.txt
> % fshalt	# wait till it says "done halting"
> ^T^Tr		# reboot
> 
> Now it will prompt you for a user name. Use sys or some other
> name from the line starting with adm: in /adm/users.
> 
>> I'm new to plan9. Read ATT docs, but I have not understand how to set
>> password, and how to log as another user?
> 
> Just reboot and log in as another user.  See the plan9 wiki
> for a more elaborate setup.

You're right I mean 9pi.img (Thanks a lot to Richard Miller)

Thanks for your advice I can now select user at boot.