Configuring the cpu server for plan 9 First add your user to the adm group. See fossil-p9. Afterwards, set your timezone, see timezone-p9.ms. Next, make sure to configure your network information. See ndb-p9.ms. Now, we prepare rc scripts that must run on system bootup: term% mkdir /cfg/sysname/ term% dircp /cfg/example /cfg/sysname/ Now, we need to configure networking: If you have static networking (eg, you have a virtual private server), edit /cfg/sysname/cpurc to uncomment this line: ip/ipconfig -g your-gateway ether /net/ether0 your-ip-address your-subnet-mask If you are using wifi and dynamic networking, you may need to add these lines: bind -a '#l1' /net echo 'key proto=wpapsk essid=ESSID !password='^`{cat /lib/wpa/ESSID} > /mnt/factotum/ctl aux/wpa -2 -s 'ESSID' /net/ether1 ip/ipconfig ether /net/ether1 Replace ESSID and make sure to store the wifi password in /lib/wpa/ESSID. Note: You may also want to copy these lines to /cfg/sysname/termrc and also to run the command manually, because by default, plan 9 runs as a terminal service. It will not run as a cpu service until the cpu kernel has been compiled as described below. Note: You *must* run ip/ipconfig before running ndb/dns (and possibly other network services). Otherwise, you might see errors like: ndb/dns: can't read my ip address term% auth/wrkey bad authentication password bad authentication id bad authentication domain authid: glenda authdom: example.com auth password: secstore password: Make sure to configure the auth server, see auth-p9.ms. Build the cpu kernel for x86: cd /sys/src/9/pc mk 'CONF=pccpuf' term% 9fat: term% cp /sys/src/9/pc/9pccpuf /n/9fat/ Add these lines to the beginning of /n/9fat/plan9.ini [menu] menuitem=cpu, Plan 9 CPU Kernel menuitem=terminal, Plan 9 Terminal Kernel menudefault=cpu, 10 [cpu] bootfile=sdC0/!9fat!9pccpuf [terminal] bootfile=sdC0!9fat!9pcf [common] nobootprompt=local!#S/sdC0/fossil Make sure to replace sdC0 with your actual disk. Make sure also to delete the pre-existing line: bootfile=sdC0!9fat!9pcf Clear nvram and then set a new password: term% echo garbage >/dev/sdC0/nvram Remember to replace sdC0 with your actual hard disk. Set the password: term% auth/keyfs Add the hostowner bootes to sys and adm groups: term% con -Cl /srv/fscons prompt: uname bootes bootes prompt: uname sys +bootes prompt: uname adm +bootes prompt: fsys main main: create /active/cron/bootes bootes bootes d775 main: create /active/sys/log/cron bootes bootes a664 Append these lines to the bottom of /lib/ndb/auth: hostid=bootes uid=!sys uid=!adm uid=* You may need to reboot and login as hostowner (bootes) in order for the next step to work. If you do reboot, select 1 for Plan 9 CPU Kernel: Plan 9 Startup Menu: ==================== 1. Plan 9 CPU Kernel 2. Plan 9 Terminal Kernel Selection[default==1 (10s timeout)]: 1 When prompted, fill in the following values: authid: bootes authdom: example.com auth password: secstore password: Change the hostowner's password: term% auth/keyfs term% auth/changeuser bootes If you are using 9front drawterm and want to connect in text-only mode (no graphics) with the -G flag, you will need to edit home/lib/profile to remove calls to rio. Comment out line 31: # exec rio You can run the below command: term% mv (/usr/user/lib/)^(profile profile.bak) term% sed '31s/^/#/' /usr/user/lib/profile.bak > /usr/user/lib/profile Then afterwards, you will be able to connect with drawterm -G as follow: drawterm -u USER -h SYSNAME -G See also: https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/Configuring_a_Standalone_CPU_Server/index.html https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/Drawterm_to_your_terminal/index.html http://mirror.9grid.fr/mirror.9grid.fr/plan9-cpu-auth-server-howto.html