[CUBE] How do I set up Local Network password? Thanks for the Help.

[J.C. Webber III]

Snow White wrote:
> Thanks, all you who responded to my original question (except that guy 
> with the "rocket science" crap.
> 
> So, now I understand that I need to create an account to log into on 
> the server machine and this is how I get in.  This is very different 
> from OS 9 in that in 9 I could set a computer to let another connect 
> with a specific pass and access information as set out in the Get Info 
> on the files/folders.
> 
> The part I was missing was I need to create a new user on the server 
> computer for each computer I wish to network to it.  Now I can access 
> the HD as a registered user and have some access blocked due to 
> permissions.  This is exactly what I was looking for - control of the 
> name and password to log in over ethernet.
> 
> Really, you all were a big help and I poured through all that info for 
> the nugget. THANKS.
> 
> jj
> 
> 

Yea, that was probably me that got too wordy.  I tend to do that,
especially when I don't know the skill level of my audience.

The bottom line is, as you discovered, the machine you want to connect
to needs to know who you are.

-- 
J.C. Webber III
Technical Lead, Unix System Administrator
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