INSTALL

The standard inferno install is from Vitanuova. Download and install the latest edition for your platform.

Another quick way of getting setup is to use Acme-SAC. This is an alternate packaging of inferno which uses only Acme editor as the user interface.

ACCOUNT

This website offers a number of services. Some, like this Wiki, which require no authorization, and a few others for which you need to create a userid and get a certificate.

Here are the steps to create a certificate

                        mount -A tcp!canto.hopto.org!6678 /n/remote
                        echo yourusername passwd > /n/remote/createuser

If the echo succeeds with no error message, then the new userid has been created. Then you need to get a certificate for that userid

                        getauthinfo default

It will prompt you for a SIGNER; enter canto.hopto.org, then it will prompt for your username and password, use the ones from the previous step.

SERVICES

Now you're ready to use some of the other canto services. There is a kfs filesystem, which you can browse but not edit (unless you email me requesting an account).

                        mount tcp!canto.hopto.org!6669 /n/kfs

This contains accounts for some members of the inferno community, for example /usr/caerwyn/lab contains all the source for the Inferno Programmer's Notebook.

There is a public registry for you to announce your own services.

                        mount tcp!canto.hopto.org!registry /mnt/registry

There is also a spree filesystem, which at the moment serves a small collection of games

                        mount tcp!canto.hopto.org!6679 /n/remote
                        spree/join -d /n/remote 0

A window will popup representing the lobby area. You can start a new game sesssion or watch other games. If no one's in the lobby you might find someone to challenge in the #inferno channel on irc.freenode.net.

This wiki is also available as a filesystem. Try using the acme/Wiki client to browse and edit the wiki pages.

                   	mount -A tcp!canto.hopto.org!wiki /mnt/wiki

BUGS

Spree is fun when it's working but seems broken most of the time.

Oops, I got as far as

                        getauthinfo default

and it said

                        getauthinfo: failed to authenticate: can't get signer's public key: hungup

To fix the above, try making sure your unix user and inferno user are the same. That worked for me -adric