> I'd like to read a few explanation about the introduction of noauth, and why > it wasn't there before. I've not found it in the 9fans list archives. Maybe > someone can clarify? Thanks in advance.
Most of the time mount -n is not needed. If the file server allows mounting without authentication then the usual sequence of messages will discover this without needing a special flag. Your computer will say "I want to mount as viriketo" and sources will say "never heard of him; no authentication needed" and log you in as none. All is well. The problem is that 99% of people running pull the first time are logged in as glenda, and there *is* a glenda account on sources. So your computer says "I want to mount as glenda" and sources will say "okay, authenticate". And then you drop into factotum doing authentication, and the only successful way out is to authenticate as someone. I could get rid of the need for mount -n if I deleted the glenda account from sources, but that's a bit involved because those machines use glenda as the hostowner (bootes). Russ
