> Does windows OS have a standard dialog box I can call from python that > queries the username/password, and returns a token?
Not that I am aware of. It would be a bad idea anyway. A better idea would be to use the Windows SSPI functions so that the client and server can use NTLM or Kerberos to get a handle you can use with impersonation. win32security should have all you need, and check out sspi.py Mark _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32