On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:05:49AM +0200, Gabriel Diaz wrote: > hello Hello,
> i tried to answer your questions one by one, but will choose to do it > the short way: > > http://cm.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/ I have read some of the documents but not all of them like "getting started" docs;-) > take a look to this man pages too: > ns(1) Ok, thanks, missed this one. > bind(1) Read about that one. > timesync(8) Had not seen this one. First used it to sync with a local NTP proxy, which worked fine but of course didn't "survive" a reboot. Then wanted to add the command to /rc/bin/termrc and noticed that the termrc script used the -r option in TIMESYNCARGS. As this system has always been running Debian GNU/Linux, the system clock was in GMT instead of local time. Removed the -r and now the mapping is ok. Is there actually something like hwclock (to directly set, read the HW clock) in Plan 9? > that will explain your security and multi-user questions, the mount > question and may be fixes your time problems. > > slds Kind regards, > gabi Frank > On 6/7/07, Frank Lenaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi, > > > >After installing Plan 9 on a standalone machine, adding a user, > >configuring the network, wandering around a bit, reading some > >manpages, ... I have a few questions for which I didn't find an > >answer. They seem stupid, so I might have missed some important > >documentation. If so, just point me to the docs, if not, an > >explanation is welcome;-) > > > > > > > >Here are my questions: > > > >- Living in Belgium, I copied /adm/timezone/CET to > > /adm/timezone/local. However, time is still off by 2 hours. It seems > > that the system is using GMT (normally, CET = GMT + 1; in summertime > > (now), CET = GMT + 2). Is the CET file "wrong" or so? > > > >- After creating a new user, the new user does not (yet) have a > > password. Apparently, I cannot use auth/changeuser because I don't > > have an auth server (the system is setup as a "terminal" whereas I > > would normally consider it a "workstation") and passwd gives me > > "protocol botch: cs: can't translate service". > > > >- How do I logout to let another user login? > > > >- Is there something like "su" to let me be someone else in another > > window? > > > >- How do I stop rio to get to textmode? > > > >- Can I somehow lock the screen? > > > >- I noticed that users glenda, adm and none don't have a password (by > > default). These users can however change the timezone, reboot the > > machine, ... > > > >- What is the purpose of the different users like (a) glenda (seems to > > be hostowner, can create users, etc.), (b) adm, (c) none? > > > > [*] is part of the sys group but could not change /rc/bin/termrc > > because he couldn't write to /tmp (no profile like a normal user > > binding /tmp to /home/tmp; I suppose he can do this interactively) > > > >- Is there something like virtual consoles to allow e.g. several > > users to login simultaneously and each starting a graphical > > environment? > > > >- Is there something like a plain "mount" command, just to see all > > bindings? > > > > > >cu, > > > >-- > >Frank Lenaerts ---------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- Frank Lenaerts ---------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
