> Gary is right Never admit that ... especially to him. > > These are local Atlas users. Not grid (only) users. That's not the way it was sounding ... and I just wanted to be sure and head it off. > > > > It is left to the imagination of the questioner as to whether > > grid (only) users will eventually find they need local > > accounts to do their work. The grid satisfies all future needs for running (fully debugged) programs. Why would shell access be required? > > > > > I don't want a bunch of Atlas grid users having shell accounts that > > > they should never have a reason to use and that are just > > sitting there dormant. > > > > See above. See above. BC