stub - provide mount point stubs aux/stub [ -Dd ] path/name Aux/stub union mounts itself before path in the name space. It serves a file system containing a single entry, name , with file mode 0. The intent is to provide a place to bind or mount other resources. The options are:

-D print all 9P messages

-d make name a directory; by default it is a file

Use stub and sshnet (see ssh (1)) to create a new network protocol `` mit '' that is actually TCP tunneled via SSH to a machine at MIT: .EX % sshnet -m /net.alt amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu % aux/stub -d /net/mit % bind /net.alt/tcp /net/mit % con -l mit!plan9.bell-labs.com!whoami connected to mit!plan9.bell-labs.com!whoami on /net/mit/0 i am 135.104.24.16 sysname achille you are 18.26.4.9 port 1248 % /sys/src/cmd/aux/stub.c mntgen (4)