for some reason, they wrkey/keyfs/secstored/secstore/factotum dance was something I always struggled with. Some things never change ;-)
I also just realized: it seems there is no route to 127.0.0.1 -- is this intentional? On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM Ron Minnich <rminn...@p9f.org> wrote: > > Thanks, I had decided to go the lazy route as you mentioned and fill > factotum directly. > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 2:43 PM sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9f...@sirjofri.de> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > In the original thread message, rminnich is asking for wpa2 passwords, so I > > assume you need ot for connecting your laptop to a network - which is an > > important point in this thread, if you need the wpa2 keys to be able to > > network in the first place. > > > > Running auth/factotum is generally the official way to query secstore for > > secrets, but secstore is a server, for which you need an existing network > > connection. > > > > It is however possible to run factotum without connecting to the secstore > > server, and fill it with your own secrets: > > > > auth/factotum -n > > cat mysecrets | read -m > /mnt/factotum/ctl > > > > The read -m is needed so each secret gets its own write. Instead of catting > > the file directly it is possible to encrypt it. The encrypted file needs to > > be stored somewhere in physical reach (not via network), for example a > > thumb drive or a local disk file. > > > > After running that and establishing your wifi connection, you can just fill > > the existing factotum with your secstore secrets, or just run a new > > auth/factotum (without -n) before starting rio, or whatever you like. > > > > Note that (at least on 9front systems) it is possible to specify a single > > wpa2 key in the plan9.ini file, and it would be possible to put your wpa2 > > keys in the boot paq file. > > > > sirjofri ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T2e892f330bc0513b-M940ef9cf8ae272b9b3631a21 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
