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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:06:27 -0300
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From: Iruata Souza <iru.muzgo@gmail.com>
To: ebo@sandien.com, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] /sys/lib/newuser patch
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On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:04 PM, EBo <ebo@sandien.com> wrote:
>
>> newuser assumes that your home directory exists, and on a
>> normal plan 9 install, it's likely not possible to create anything
>> in /usr without doing it on the fs console.
>
> Maybe I am missing something here, but this is not a normal plan9 install=
, but
> 9vx. =C2=A0There I can create a user's directory in $9vx_root/usr provide=
d that the
> permissions are open.
>
> in the base system that came with 9vx I get an error that /src/fscons doe=
s not
> exist when running "con -l /srv/fscons".
>
> So, how is the initial setup supposed to be done on 9vx which defaults to=
 a
> $user instead of glenda
>

create the user dir on the host machine. run 9vx -u $user and then run
/sys/lib/newuser.

you seem to be following the wiki instructions on how to add a new
user. they are not valid for 9vx, since it usually uses the hosts
filesystem.

iru