Re: Help wanted: I-STAR question

Rich Puchalsky (richp@clark.net) wrote: : Does anyone know of a way to permit users to pull data from one : machine to another using I-STAR _if they don't have an account : on the remote machine_ ? Sure... Use some kind of "guest" account not associated with any particular user - but I strongly recommend NOT doing that... : Keeping duplicate account for many users : on multiple machines is a tremendous chore. Why not use NIS to sync /etc/passwd,group,etc? ...Philip -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | .|||||| Philip Blanchar at Hewlett Packard Co. | | || ~ ~| San Jose Components Group | | c\\ Q Q/ inet: philipb@sj.hp.com | | | > ) tnet: 1-435-4308 | | | \\_// wnet: http://hpoetc13.sj.hp.com/blanch/blanch_home.html [HP Only]| | `--' pnet: (408) 435-4308 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doing a little work around the house. I put fake brick wallpaper over a real brick wall, just so I'd be the only one who knew. People come over and I'm gonna say, "Go ahead, touch it... it feels real." -Steven Wright ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~