There are two ways to run the auth server. One, if you have Plan 9 Port installed, you can simply use listen1: sudo /usr/local/plan9/bin/listen1 tcp!*!567 chroot util/auth /bin/authsrv9 (run that command from the harvey root) The second option is to add it to /etc/inetd.conf: 567 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/chroot chroot /path/to/harvey/util/auth /bin/authsrv9 Once you've saved the file, do "pkill -HUP inetd" to restart it.