On May 3, 2008, at 9:37 PM, Russ Cox wrote:
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
I just wish it didn't have a bleak memory. Is there a way to force it
to remember passwords for ftpfs?
