Tools and notes for using Inferno more successfully. Factotum needs to be able to get back and authenticate when connecting to sources. Add the following to /lib/ndb/local: auth=sources.cs.bell-labs.com authdom=outside.plan9.bell-labs.com Before attempting to connect to network services, start the following: ndb/cs auth/factotum auth/feedkey If /n/sources doesn't exist, or your need to create it on domand or per user: mount -ac {mntgen} /n Now you're ready to connect to sources; mount -9 tcp!sources.cs.bell-labs.com!9fs /n/sources Feedkey will prompt you as required for authentication.