>> Fac*to"tum (făk*tō"tŭm), n.; pl. Factotums (- tŭmz). [L., do >> everything; facere to do + totus all : cf. F. factotum. See /Fact/, >> and /Total/.] A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. >> B. Jonson.
> And that definition relates to the factotum system how? In the original usage, a factotum meant a servant who acted on his master's behalf, taking care of all kinds of business. Plan 9's factotum acts on your behalf, taking care of all kinds of authentications. It's the single do-all authentication agent, instead of having a separate SSH agent, SSL agent, Kerberos agent, and so on. Russ
