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index 38d00c55..ae8701d1 100644
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@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ svc: auth, net, registry, rstyx, styx \- start Inferno network services
.B svc/net
.br
.B svc/auth
+[
+.B -n
+]
.br
.B svc/registry
.br
@@ -38,6 +41,11 @@ file service or remote execution.
.I Auth
must be run (only) on a host that is to act as an authentication server,
providing signing and other authentication services to itself and the network.
+The
+.B -n
+flag tells it not to start
+.IR keyfs (4),
+perhaps because it has been started already.
The files
.BR /keydb/signerkey ,
created by
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ putting it at the conventional location for the local registry,
Initial (static) service descriptions are taken from
.B /lib/ndb/registry
if it exists.
-It then starts a listener to give other hosts access to the registry as a Styx
+It then starts a listener to give other hosts access to the registry as a 9P
service at
.BR tcp!*!registry ,
normally port 6675.