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diff --git a/src/os/user/lookup_plan9.go b/src/os/user/lookup_plan9.go
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+// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package user
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// Partial os/user support on Plan 9.
+// Supports Current(), but not Lookup()/LookupId().
+// The latter two would require parsing /adm/users.
+const (
+	userFile = "/dev/user"
+)
+
+func current() (*User, error) {
+	ubytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(userFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("user: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	uname := string(ubytes)
+
+	u := &User{
+		Uid:      uname,
+		Gid:      uname,
+		Username: uname,
+		Name:     uname,
+		HomeDir:  os.Getenv("home"),
+	}
+
+	return u, nil
+}
+
+func lookup(username string) (*User, error) {
+	return nil, syscall.EPLAN9
+}
+
+func lookupId(uid string) (*User, error) {
+	return nil, syscall.EPLAN9
+}