Hi,

I am working on 2FA to access your account on login, but it's a couple
of weeks away.

But you could just enable a bios password if you worry about someone
just booting it up.

Currently I rely on them seeing a grey screen and thinking the laptop is broken



On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The biggest issue I have with 9front or other Plan9 distribution on a laptop 
> is the lack of local authentication upon startup; the OS just trusts that you 
> are whoever you say you are when you boot the system.  If the laptop were 
> stolen or something there is nothing to keep someone from getting in and 
> accessing all of the data.
>
> It is one thing to do that with a server that is locked in a secure closet 
> (as was the expected situation for a Plan9 file server back when it was 
> invented), but for an all-in-one portable system that is more of a problem.
>
> Has anyone come up with a solution for drive encryption and forced password 
> authentication upon boot yet, to make it more practical to use 9 directly on 
> a laptop without creating as much of a concern?
>

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