On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM, <fr...@inua.be> wrote: > Hello, > > I want to let a freshly installed Plan 9 box use NTP but can't get it > to work. > > I used the explanation under "SETTING UP CORRECT TIMEZONE" from > http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/installation_instructions/ but > noticed some things: > > - User adm cannot edit /rc/bin/termrc because it is owned by user sys > and group sys and user adm isn't a member of the sys group. I could > make user adm a member of the sys group but this is probably not the > way to go. > > - User glenda is a member of the sys group and can edit > /rc/bin/termrc, so I changed the TIMESYNCARGS variable, saved, quit > sam and checked with p /rc/bin/termrc. However, after rebooting, the > change is lost (in outer space?). I also noticed that the copy of > the termrc file I made before making the change, was gone. > > I checked the manpages for boot, booting, root, namespace... but > didn't really find the exact reason. I think it has to do with the > fact that the directory I see as user glenda, is a union directory > which only allows me to change the file in the current namespace. If > that's the case, it's probably not the intention that I change it as > user glenda either. > > What am I missing here? > >
assuming you are running the file server on this very machine, did you run fshalt before rebooting?
