On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:04 PM, EBo <e...@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. There I can create a user's directory in $9vx_root/usr provided that the > permissions are open. > > in the base system that came with 9vx I get an error that /src/fscons does 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
