Hi - I'm working on a library system and adding a "kiosk mode" (possibly using the Kiosk module <http://drupal.org/project/kiosk>) 1. The site essentially presents the same information whether a user is logged in or anonymous. 2. The Drupal site uses a custom authentication plugin; authentication is actually done on the remote backend library server 3. A regular user logged in over the internet to a normal Drupal account can do things like request books, check account, etc, using Drupal the way it normally works. 4. A kiosk user (probably anon user) can do things that require authentication, but it must be a one-time authentication to the back-end server. We're calling it "transactional authentication". Basically, they'll never do a Drupal login, but when they want to do something that requires authentication, they'll provide their library number and password for one specific transaction (like requesting a book). I'd sure appreciate your suggestions about how best to do the "transactional authentication" part. It's pretty easy to start hacking at, but perhaps someone can suggest an elegant approach to this. Thanks, -Randy -- Randy Fay Drupal Development, troubleshooting, and debugging randy@randyfay.com +1 970.462.7450