>>> Sorry, I didn't specify. plan9 is the auth server; csplan9 is my machine >>> at RIT. >>> Ron just discovered that somewhere in my recent changes I make drawterm >>> stop working; I'm sure that's got something to do with the cpu problems. >>> I've >>> since done "yesterday" and pulled in a working version, so now here's what >>> we're using: >>> >>> auth=sources.cs.bell-labs.com authdom=outside.plan9.bell-labs.com >>> auth=out9auth.cs.bell-labs.com authdom=cs.bell-labs.com >>> auth=csplan9.rit.edu authdom=rit.edu >>> auth=plan9 authdom=ca.sandia.gov >>> >>> sys=go dom=go.cs.bell-labs.com >>> sys=csplan9 dom=csplan9.rit.edu >>> >> >> since you say >> sys=csplan9 dom=csplan9.rit.edu >> then you say >> auth=csplan9.rit.edu authdom=rit.edu >> i'm pretty sure you've declared that csplan9 is its own >> authentication server. >> >> - erik > > Yeah, it is. It's a cpu/auth/file server sitting at RIT. I shouldn't even have > included that in my mail, since it's not very important to the problem. > Basically, csplan9 is in there because I want to use it. Nobody else here > has an account on it or ever connects. > > John
Ok, I think I've solved the problem. I hadn't given an IP for plan9, which was a relic from before the server had a static IP. Giving it a static IP makes everything seem to work; my current local file is appended, although it still probably has some unneeded things in it. John # # files comprising the database, use as many as you like, see ndb(6) # database= file=/lib/ndb/local file=/lib/ndb/common auth=sources.cs.bell-labs.com authdom=outside.plan9.bell-labs.com auth=csplan9.rit.edu authdom=rit.edu auth=out9auth.cs.bell-labs.com authdom=cs.bell-labs.com sys=go dom=go.cs.bell-labs.com sys=csplan9 dom=csplan9.rit.edu authdom=ca.sandia.gov auth=plan9 ipnet=9net ip=192.168.18.0 ipmask=255.255.255.0 fs=plan9.ca.sandia.gov cpu=plan9.ca.sandia.gov auth=plan9.ca.sandia.gov ipgw=192.168.18.10 dnsdomain=ca.sandia.gov # authdom=ca.sandia.gov dns=192.168.18.10 dns=140.246.250.1 sys=plan9 dom=plan9.ca.sandia.gov ip=192.168.18.13 dom=plan9.ca.sandia.gov auth=plan9.ca.sandia.gov sys=ramac ip=192.168.18.179 ether=001641e0fcfd sys=gnot ether=001b210f7faa ip=192.168.18.90 # ipgw=192.168.18.10 dom=gnot.ca.sandia.gov bootf=/386/9pxeload authdom=ca.sandia.gov sys=jerq ether=001b210eaab5 ip=192.168.18.93 dom=jerq.ca.sandia.gov auth=plan9.ca.sandia.gov #Note this is wrong but ron is too lazy to fix it just yet. sys=blit ether=ff1b210f7faa ip=192.168.18.92 ipgw=192.168.18.10 dom=gnot.ca.sandia.gov bootf=/386/9pxeload authdom=ca.sandia.gov sys=ppc ether=0002b5019094 ip=192.168.18.91 dom=ppc.ca.sandia.gov bootf=/power/9eval.elf authdom=ca.sandia.gov # # because the public demands the name localsource # ip=127.0.0.1 sys=localhost dom=localhost smtp=plan9