configure a plan9 cpu+file+auth server

[ruel hernandez]

I made a new installation of plan9 at work, now i can use plan9 at
home
and at work. :) After a few days of using the system and reading some
papers from the internet, i decided to turn it into a plan9 cpu+file
+auth server.
So, i started to followed the wiki;

% cd /cfg; mkdir $sysname; dircp example $sysname

mkdir: can't create gnot: 'gnot' permission denied
can't cd gnot: 'gnot' file does not exist

I'm using the april 2010 iso here and booting from a diskette

need some help here please.

ruel

[Steve Simon]

Is this an authentication problem?
are you running authentication?

These might give you a hint as to why you don't have permission:

% ls -ld /cfg
% echo $user
% grep $user /adm/users

-Steve

[Gorka Guardiola]

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:01 AM, ruel hernandez <ru6...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I made a new installation of plan9 at work, now i can use plan9 at
> home
> and at work. :) After a few days of using the system and reading some
> papers from the internet, i decided to turn it into a plan9 cpu+file
> +auth server.
> So, i started to followed the wiki;
>
> % cd /cfg; mkdir $sysname; dircp example $sysname
>
> mkdir: can't create gnot: 'gnot' permission denied

Who is the user runing dircp?. Who is the owner of cfg?.
What permissions is the fossil checking on the filesystem served?.
If you answer this questions you can probably answer yours.
--
- curiosity sKilled the cat

[ruel hernandez]

Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 10:24:53 +0100
From: "Steve Simon" <st...@quintile.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] configure a plan9 cpu+file+auth server
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d-rwxrwxr-x  M  11  sys  sys 0

Glenda

glenda:glenda:glenda

 

plan9 wiki says;

Start by installing the distribution as though creating a standalone terminal. Reboot the system, and log in as any user that is in group sys. To know how to add a user to group sys see adding a new user. The user needs to be part of group sys in order to be able to edit the required system files. In the default installation, the user glenda will do.

and then you could continue to;

edit cpurc, cpurclocal

The first step is to edit /rc/bin/cpurc*. To add machine-specific customisations,

cd /cfg; mkdir $sysname; dircp example $sysname
but i was not able to go through here due to said

problem.

 

Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 11:26:33 +0200
From: Gorka Guardiola <pau...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] configure a plan9 cpu+file+auth server
Message-ID:
       AANLkTil_uGVIFcW8zF9eJ...@mail.gmail.com

 

Glenda is the user running dircp and the owner is sys?

on your 3rd question is i don't know the answer.

 

But, when i got home this morning, i tried to reproduce

the problem at my home plan9 installation and i didn't face the

same problem. and i was able to go through the first step. 

the only difference is;

my home installation was from sept. 2009 iso and

my installation at work is from april 24 2010

could this be a problem on my installation cd?

 

[erik quanstrom]

> But, when i got home this morning, i tried to reproduce
> the problem at my home plan9 installation and i didn't face the
> same problem. and i was able to go through the first step.
> the only difference is;
> my home installation was from sept. 2009 iso and
> my installation at work is from april 24 2010
> could this be a problem on my installation cd?

either (a) use fossilcons(8) to change permissions or
(b) use fossilcons to serve your filesystem with with
permission checking disabled.

- erik

[ruel hernandez]

sorry for my ignorance of fossilcons(8) i'll go and read it first.

at my home installation:
% grep $user /admin/users
glenda:glenda:glenda
sys:sys::glenda

at my work installation:
% grep $user /admin/users
glenda:glenda:glenda

why they are different? have i done something
wrong  or missed something on the installation here?

i just did the default installation.

ruel