Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!convex!muir From: muir@convex.com (David Muir) Newsgroups: comp.unix.msdos Subject: Re: Remote login to DOS? Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 23:47:58 GMT References: <1991Jan11.193729.14336@cbnewsl.att.com> Sender: news@convex.com (news access account) Distribution: na Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: sushi.convex.com In <1991Jan11.193729.14336@cbnewsl.att.com> spf@cbnewsl.att.com (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm) writes: >I'm trying to get up to speed on the various ways in which one can set >up a pc for remote login. I'm familiar with the obvious method - >running Unix on the pc - but that leaves some difficulty (to say the >least) in getting to dos applications. I suspect there are dos-based >solutions to this problem (don't some bbs's run in dos environments?), >but I'm not familiar with them. >So if someone should share a short summary of remote login support for >dos (and the identity of the associated software) I'd be very grateful. >Thanks! Steve >*** >Thou art beside thyself. Much learning hath made thee mad. > -- Festus (the one in Acts, not Dodge City!) >We are made of dreams and bones... > -- Dave Mallet: "The Garden Song" You might check into PROCOMM PLUS. It is a communications pacakge for msdos that has a "host mode" that allows remote users to log onto your system. It uses passwords and has and allows you to privliges. * Dave *