remote login?

corrupted · 01-20-2004, 04:55 AM

hi all,

I have a B/W G3 running 10.3.2 and a AlPowerbook with 10.3.2 also.

I was wondering if i can login remotely to accounts on either computer and have access to the files as if they were on the computer locally.

for example: im on my powerbook, logged in as "fred" and i want to log out and log back in as "john", but john's account is on the G3, can i log in as "john" as if i were on the G3?

hope that isnt too confusing,

scott.

yellow · 01-20-2004, 05:57 AM

That would require OS X Server to authenticate against. (Or some other external authentication agent that could also provide "John's" home directory.) Or something like Timbuktu, where you're not logging in locally, you're opening a control session to "John's" computer, making it appear as if you're sitting at John's computer, but you're still logged in as "Fred".

corrupted · 01-20-2004, 06:58 PM

yeh, thats what i thought.

well apparently you can enable NFS sharing to share certain directories for it to work. i wonder what ones? surely serving features could be enabled in Panther.

yellow · 01-20-2004, 07:21 PM

NFS yes, but users MUST have the same UID on both machines (Mac and UNIX machine). Same username apparently can be fudged, but UID is imperative, otherwise file permissions get all messed up.

yellow · 01-20-2004, 07:23 PM

But if you're just trying to share file, why not use regular Apple filesharing or even FTP between Macs?

corrupted · 01-21-2004, 02:31 AM

ohh no, im not just sharing files.

i just have a few people using the G3 tower and if someines using that, other users want to be using the powerbook, and i would rather them use their accounts (which are locally on the G3) instead of a generic 'guest' user on my powerbook.

yellow · 01-21-2004, 05:14 AM

I see, but NFS isn't an authentication protocol, it's strictly for sharing of files. Perhaps you meant NIS? This would still require a UNIX box running an NIS server (yellowpages). Which IMO, still sucks with OS X.

01-20-2004, 04:55 AM	#1
corrupted Prospect Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 3	remote login? hi all, I have a B/W G3 running 10.3.2 and a AlPowerbook with 10.3.2 also. I was wondering if i can login remotely to accounts on either computer and have access to the files as if they were on the computer locally. for example: im on my powerbook, logged in as "fred" and i want to log out and log back in as "john", but john's account is on the G3, can i log in as "john" as if i were on the G3? hope that isnt too confusing, scott.

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01-20-2004, 05:57 AM	#2
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	That would require OS X Server to authenticate against. (Or some other external authentication agent that could also provide "John's" home directory.) Or something like Timbuktu, where you're not logging in locally, you're opening a control session to "John's" computer, making it appear as if you're sitting at John's computer, but you're still logged in as "Fred".

01-20-2004, 06:58 PM	#3
corrupted Prospect Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 3	yeh, thats what i thought. well apparently you can enable NFS sharing to share certain directories for it to work. i wonder what ones? surely serving features could be enabled in Panther.

01-20-2004, 07:21 PM	#4
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	NFS yes, but users MUST have the same UID on both machines (Mac and UNIX machine). Same username apparently can be fudged, but UID is imperative, otherwise file permissions get all messed up.

01-20-2004, 07:23 PM	#5
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	But if you're just trying to share file, why not use regular Apple filesharing or even FTP between Macs?

01-21-2004, 02:31 AM	#6
corrupted Prospect Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 3	ohh no, im not just sharing files. i just have a few people using the G3 tower and if someines using that, other users want to be using the powerbook, and i would rather them use their accounts (which are locally on the G3) instead of a generic 'guest' user on my powerbook.

01-21-2004, 05:14 AM	#7
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	I see, but NFS isn't an authentication protocol, it's strictly for sharing of files. Perhaps you meant NIS? This would still require a UNIX box running an NIS server (yellowpages). Which IMO, still sucks with OS X.