On Thursday 13 August 2009 17:36:43 Fernan Bolando wrote: > I recently used your guide to setup a cpu server. I have to say that > it was a lot clearer than the wiki version. I did remember needing to > uncomment the lines below in cpurc based on my old install. > > # if(! test -e /rc/bin/service.auth/il566){ > # mv /rc/bin/service.auth/authsrv.il566 /rc/bin/service.auth/il566 > # mv /rc/bin/service.auth/authsrv.tcp567 /rc/bin/service.auth/tcp567 > # mv /rc/bin/service/il566 /rc/bin/service/!il566 > # mv /rc/bin/service/tcp567 /rc/bin/service/!tcp567 > # } > > I am not sure your guide needs to be updated to do that instead of just > > step 5. > term% mv /rc/bin/service.auth/authsrv.tcp567 /rc/bin/service.auth/tcp567 > > I am not sure of the advantage of doing it either way. >
There were a few considerations involved which induced me to write Step 5 the way it is: * IL appears to be largely deprecated in lieue of TCP, and certainly is not necessary to a functional cpu/auth server, so the howto does not configure it * /rc/bin/service/tcp567 does not exist on a current terminal system as installed via the latest plan 9 iso images, so the: mv /rc/bin/service/tcp567 /rc/bin/service/!tcp567 ...is unnecessary * the test in the if statement is not needed once you have performed the command as per Step 5 ( also, the test as it currently exists in recent iso's is: if (! test -e /rc/bin/service.auth/tcp567) ) * finally it is the goal of the howto to be as simple as possible and no simpler - Step 5 is straight-forward and internally consistent with the rest of the document Thankyou very much for testing it out - much appreciated! Cheers, Corey