Dear Jonas, Thank you very much for the link! Looks promising indeed. I had some weird problems with the key, and you article obviously says that I have to create it first...
Kind regards, Nino -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:48:30 -0800 > Von: "Jonas Amoson" <jonas.amo...@home.se> > An: 9fans@9fans.net > Betreff: Re: [9fans] create user with password > Hallo Nino! > > I am also a beginner to the system, and I have just > recently started to use the system by logging in from > a remote system. Here is what I have done so far. > > I have done a normal Plan9 installation, on which I > can log in as any user. I have two users, 'glenda' > with adm rights, and my own user 'jam' that I have > added as you describe. If I log on directly on this > machine, I am asked of no password. > > But instead of logging on to the machine directly, > I connect to it using drawterm. I am then asked > for a username and a password. the docment > that made me succeed in setting this up is: > > http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Drawterm_to_your_terminal/inde > x.html > > Regards, > Jonas > > > <-----Ursprungligt Meddelande-----> > From: Nino on NetBSD 4.0 [nbsd...@gmx.net] > Sent: 17/2/2009 1:35:53 PM > To: 9fans@9fans.net > Subject: Re: [9fans] create user with password > > Dear all, > > First of all, let me thank > you for your kind attention. > > I did run newuser, in fact, > that is what got me out of > the console. I now have a > graphical environment. Still, > that did not give me a > password. > > Rest assured, I am perfectly > well aware that as soon as > somone gets his hands on my > machine, my data is basically > his unless it is encrypted. > > But in the long term, the idea > will be just this - my Plan9 > box shall be remotely accessible. > (From Plan9, BSD, Linux and > Windows, if possible.) Thus, I > want to know how to get to a > password. Like, say, in Linux you > would say: passwd nino. > > So, basic question remains: > What I would like to have > is that user nino has a password > and is the owner of the machine > and everything. Let us say someone > else, say, "puppet" shall be > another user running as a non- > administrating user. How exactly > do I set this up? (At this stage, > I just want to see what puppet can > do and what puppet cannot do.) > > (I am reading the man pages, but > I must say, at least personally, > I find e.g. FreeBSD's man pages less > confusing. Then again, Plan 9 is > entirely new to me.) > -- > Jetzt 1 Monat kostenlos! GMX FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL > für nur 17,95 Euro/mtl.!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a > > . > > > > <P><p><font faceúrial, Helvetica, sans-serif" sizeò" > styleÿont-size:13.5px">_______________________________________________________________<BR> > </font> -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01
