On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:58:18PM -0300, Iruata Souza wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM, <fr...@inua.be> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to let a freshly installed Plan 9 box use NTP but can't get it > > to work. > > > > I used the explanation under "SETTING UP CORRECT TIMEZONE" from > > http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/installation_instructions/ but > > noticed some things: > > > > - User adm cannot edit /rc/bin/termrc because it is owned by user sys > > and group sys and user adm isn't a member of the sys group. I could > > make user adm a member of the sys group but this is probably not the > > way to go. > > > > - User glenda is a member of the sys group and can edit > > /rc/bin/termrc, so I changed the TIMESYNCARGS variable, saved, quit > > sam and checked with p /rc/bin/termrc. However, after rebooting, the > > change is lost (in outer space?). I also noticed that the copy of > > the termrc file I made before making the change, was gone. > > > > I checked the manpages for boot, booting, root, namespace... but > > didn't really find the exact reason. I think it has to do with the > > fact that the directory I see as user glenda, is a union directory > > which only allows me to change the file in the current namespace. If > > that's the case, it's probably not the intention that I change it as > > user glenda either. > > > > What am I missing here? > > > > assuming you are running the file server on this very machine, did you > run fshalt before rebooting?
No I hadn't... I thought that fshalt was only necessary when you want to turn off the box and that a reboot would first sync the filesystem. I just read the "SHUT DOWN" section from the installation instructions again. The sentence "Then turn off the computer or type Ctl-Alt-Del or "^t ^t r" to reboot" indeed implies that you have to run fshalt before rebooting (in case the system runs a fileserver). Thanks for your help. Kind regards, -- Frank Lenaerts ---------------------------------------- fr...@inua.be
