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- From: michaelw@microsoft.com (Michael Winser)
- Subject: Re: Looking for rshd, telnetd, ftpd etc.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep02.211813.14491@microsoft.com>
- Date: 02 Sep 92 21:18:13 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Aug26.123954.1014@cam-orl.co.uk> <1992Aug28.000903.22215@microsoft.com> <1992Sep01.191707.28916@news.mentorg.com>
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- In article <1992Sep01.191707.28916@news.mentorg.com> pbrooks@mentorg.com (Phil Brooks) writes:
- > Remote compilation/build - When very large systems are being built (i.e.
- > hundreds of files) it is very useful to remotely log in to several systems
- > and parallelize the builds. There are even versions of make set up to handle
- > this transparently. Remote login services are needed to do this.
-
- Why do you need remote login in the classic unix sense? Setup a make (or
- compile server) that uses RPC or named pipes. The server side whould use
- the client impersonation API to get an ACE (access control entry). No login
- required.
-
- > Starting up remote servers - I may want to start a server or other program
- > on a remote machine which doesn't run under a GUI. I may access its results
- > later on with a spreadsheet or regular editor etc.
-
- Once again, why stick with the unix model? Services are explicitly supported
- by Windows NT. When started they take on the ACE of the user that installed
- them. No login required. I'm pretty sure that you can start these services
- via RPC. It would be trivial to write a start server daemon (for RPC, telnet
- or whatever).
-
- > Modem Access - I may want to dial in from home on an old dusty VT100 terminal
- > and read ASCII email (assuming that I have a character based Mail User Agent).
- > While I am at it, I may want to take a peek at a build log from the build I
- > started up before I went home. If something went wrong, I can correct it, and
- > fire off another try, saving myself a few hours in the morning or a trip in
- > later that night.
-
- OK, you got me. For this you're gonna need to "login" ie create an ACE (unless
- you use LANMAN RAS from home :-) To do that you'll need to write a subsystem
- that can call upon the Security Manager (not a part of the Win32 API). For now
- I would write a service that does callbacks only to your registered number.
-
- >
- >boxes and on the DEC Alpha box. I would imagine that a well configured Alpha/NT
- >system would do very well competing with IBM AS/400's in the minicomputer market.
- >It will need to deal with terminals, multiple concurrent users, and remote access
- >in order to do that though.
-
- Hmm, I'll just say that this is not the future as we see it. Windows clients
- are the way to go. Would you be happy with only a dumb terminal on your desk?
-
- Michael Winser -- Microsoft European Headquarters -- michaelw@microsoft.com
-