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- From: jpugh@apple.com (Jon Pugh)
- Subject: Re: Avoiding authentication dialog when sending AEs ?
- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
- Message-ID: <jpugh-191292130801@kip2-42.apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 21:09:40 GMT
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- References: <1gvkn3INNq38@gap.caltech.edu>
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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- In article <1gvkn3INNq38@gap.caltech.edu>, igormt@cco.caltech.edu (Igor
- Mikolic-Torreira) wrote:
- >
- > How can I avoid the authentication dialog when sending an Apple Event to an
- > app running on a remote Mac? The remote Mac has <Guest> authorized to do
- > program linking, but I still get the dialog asking whether I want to
- > link as a particular user or guest. If I click on Guest, everything works
- > great, so it's not a problem with Guest being set up incorrectly.
- >
- > I want to be able to send AE events without ANY user involvement. Is
- > there any way to force AESend to go in as Guest or to supply it a valid
- > username and password?
-
- You need the AutoGuest hack. It's on the Dev CD and many other places.
- You can't do what you want without a lot of skanky stuff, so use AutoGuest.
- It provides an INIT and a library you can link into your app so you don't
- need the INIT.
-
- Jon
-