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From: Scott Schwartz schwartz@gal...
Subject: Installation problems...
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:44:15 -0400

Jack Culpepper <jack@mud...> writes:
| Well, it looks as though this list is dead, but I guess I might as well try
| anyway.  

Not dead, just resting.

| % auth/changeuser oslab
| Password:
| Confirm password:
| Expiration date (YYYYMMDD or never) [return = never]: never
| changeuser: can't set key: file does not exist

I wish the %r flag was put to better use, by telling you which file it
is that doesn't exist.  Anyway, just at a guess, keyfs may not be
running.  That can happen if you don't use the name p9auth for the auth
server and don't edit /bin/cpurc to match.