It seems as if I am doomed to use additional software on the windows box. Damn!
The "unclarity" is in the authentication for the remote box. If I wish to start a process on a remote box with another user's credentials (other than the user I am logged in as), I am unsure as to how to accomplish this. Anything you can add to the docs concerning this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the response, Bob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list