Drawterm to your terminal

term% ip/ipconfig
term% auth/factotum
term% echo 'key proto=p9sk1 dom=livecd user=glenda !password=password' >/mnt/factotum/ctl
term% aux/listen1 -t tcp!*!17010 /bin/cpu -R &

(There seems to be a "direct auth" trick drawterm does that CPU(1) does not. It would be nice if CPU(1) also could connect without an authserver with this setup.)

Keyfs(4) is the process managing the users' key database. Create a new key database as $home/lib/keys.

term% touch  $home/lib/keys

Start keyfs(4). It will ask you the password which is used to encrypt the key database file ($home/lib/keys).

term% auth/keyfs  -p  $home/lib/keys
Password: keyfilepassword
0 keys read
term%

Add a user to the key database

term% auth/changeuser  -p  glenda
Password: loginpassword
Confirm password: loginpassword
assign Inferno/POP secret? (y/n) n
Expiration date (YYYYMMDD or never)[return = never]:
1 keys read
Post id:
User's full name:
Department #:
User's email address:
Sponsor's email address:
changeuser: can't open /adm/keys.who

The last line is just a warning. You can ignore it.

Now populate the factotum(4) with the hostowner information.

term% echo 'key user=glenda dom=drawterm.test proto=p9sk1 !password=loginpassword' > /mnt/factotum/ctl

Start the authentication server on the "ticket" port.

term% aux/listen1 -t 'tcp!*!ticket' /bin/auth/authsrv &

Start the cpu service listener on the "ncpu" port.

term% service=cpu aux/listen1 'tcp!*!ncpu' /bin/cpu -R &

Then connect to your terminal using drawterm.

$ drawterm  -a  ip.of.the.term  -c  ip.of.the.term

Once you've finished the above sequence, the key database should be created correctly. So if you reboot your terminal, you don't need to repeat the whole thing again. In short, it should be enough to do the following:

term% auth/keyfs -p $home/lib/keys # you can add this command to your profile
Password: keyfilepassword
1 keys read
term% echo 'key user=glenda dom=drawterm.test proto=p9sk1 !password=loginpassword' > /mnt/factotum/ctl
term% aux/listen1 -t 'tcp!*!ticket' /bin/auth/authsrv &
term% service=cpu aux/listen1 'tcp!*!ncpu' /bin/cpu -R &

term% service=cpu aux/listen1 'tcp!*!cpu' /bin/cpu -O &

To setup a proper cpu/auth server see: Configuring a standalone CPU server.

See the drawterm page for links to download source and binaries for various architectures.