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From: W0L@PSUVM.BITNET (Bill Lasher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Workspace/File Transfer
Message-ID: <90011.171602W0L@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 11 Jan 90 22:16:02 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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A user recently asked how he could tar his files over the network.  Since 3.2
has a nifty icon-driven system in workspace, I figured out how to do it on my
account, then told him how to do it.

When he tried it, it didn't work - he got a message that the machine that had
a tape drive didn't have one.  I carefully checked everything I could find,
but couldn't get it to work on his account - it worked fine on mine.

The only difference I could find between the accounts was that he didn't have
a password.  I assigned one, and low and behold, File Transfer worked fine!