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- Project initially developed for use between user workstations and
IBM mainframe
- can be extended to other ``remote hosts'' in place of mainframe
- uses Samba to provide access to Windows-based PC's
- uses NetaTalk to provide access to Macintosh-based PC's
- acess by ``Unix'' workstations also possible, though not included
in this project
- maintains two log files: one system, one user
- uses Expect and Cron to automate job submission process
- main purposes for project:
- alleviate user interaction and connection with ``foreign host''
- provide native/local access to service through ``network attached''
folders
- provide automated job submission process, relieving users from tasks
to perform the same function
- abstract ``foreign host'' processes for job submission and data
retrieval, simplifying tasks for users
- reduce time users spent in performing similar tasks on their own
- provide possibility of E-mail notification for job submission problems
- LDAP used to store information about each user of service
- LDAP used to store security information required for service to
access ``foreign host'' on behalf of user
- LDAP used to store e-mail address for possible job
submission problem notifications
- LDAP Access Control Lists used to protect security related attributes
- users set their own ``foreign host'' security information through
Web-based interface
- user definitions for folders on server are independent of user workstation
and ``foreign host''
- ``foreign host'' job submission and output retrieval based upon FTP;
other network connectivity may be possible
- user creates ``foreign host'' job file on their workstation
- user copies job file to server ``job submission network folder''
- automated server function ``submits'' user job file to ``foreign host''
- user job files that include FTP commands to server, copies file to
server ``output folder''
- user copies data output from ``network data output folder'' to other
local workstation folder
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Jim Dutton
2000-05-07