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1.1       root        1: This program serves Unix files to Plan 9 machines.  It is to be run on a
                      2: Unix machine with its standard input, output, and error connected to a
                      3: network connection.  It runs as root and multiplexes access to multiple
                      4: clients over the single wire by simulating Unix permissions itself.
                      5: We run this service as '9fs' with tcp service number 17008 over our
                      6: ethernets.  You may find that, due to a bug in some versions of the
                      7: IP software, your system will not accept the name '9fs', thinking it
                      8: is a service number because its first character is a digit.  If so,
                      9: complain to Berkeley (it's their bug) and run the service as u9fs or 17008.
                     10: 
                     11: Set LOG to a proper place for a log file, and set up the makefile or mkfile
                     12: to use an ANSI C compiler.
                     13: 
                     14: If you want access to devices, attach to "device".  Otherwise, because
                     15: the program is single-threaded and may block unpredictably talking to
                     16: a device, it forbids such access. Device access may produce unpredictable
                     17: results if the block size of the device is greater than 8192, the Plan 9
                     18: RPC block size.
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