Re: [9front] SSH server?

[Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net>]

no probs, just an idea. i only ever used sshd once to prove to myself it works., and that was decades ago (ssh1).

-Steve




On 22 Jan 2022, at 3:57 pm, Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl@turtle-trading.net> wrote:

Hi Steve,

Steve Simon writes:
> I believe the drawterm that 9front uses can run headless.

Sure, that is what we currently use as a go-between for SSH.  It had to
be hacked to better isolate the 9front machine from the rest of the
network, but that already works.

> wouldn't this be a better solution (using native plan9 protocols)
> rather than importing ssh?

This build farm also serves a number of other systems.  like primarily
Linux and BSDs.  9front is the one that requires a special setup in the
framework.  This is implemented, but it's suboptimal and it produces its
own bugs.  It would be better IMO to handle Plan 9 as any other system.
That's why I'm asking.  And that's also why suggesting some other tool
in general is not an answer to my question, sorry :-(.

Thanks, benny