diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/operations/SystemFetchOperation.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/operations/SystemFetchOperation.java
index 77aaff938a6..5f253084cf0 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/operations/SystemFetchOperation.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/operations/SystemFetchOperation.java
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ import org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction;
 import org.eclipse.jface.operation.IRunnableContext;
 import org.eclipse.jface.operation.IRunnableWithProgress;
 import org.eclipse.rse.core.SystemBasePlugin;
+import org.eclipse.rse.core.subsystems.ISubSystem;
+import org.eclipse.rse.core.subsystems.SubSystem;
+import org.eclipse.rse.core.subsystems.SubSystem.ConnectJob;
+import org.eclipse.rse.core.subsystems.SubSystem.ConnectJobNoShell;
 import org.eclipse.rse.ui.view.ISystemViewElementAdapter;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchSite;
@@ -101,6 +106,29 @@ public class SystemFetchOperation extends JobChangeAdapter implements IRunnableW
 		//handleErrors((IStatus[]) errors.toArray(new IStatus[errors.size()]));
 	}
 	
+	
+	public class PromptForPassword implements Runnable
+	{
+		public SubSystem _ss;
+		public PromptForPassword(SubSystem ss)
+		{
+			_ss = ss;
+		}
+		
+		public void run()
+		{
+			Shell shell = Display.getCurrent().getActiveShell();
+			try
+			{
+				_ss.promptForPassword(shell);
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Subclasses must override this method to perform the operation.
 	 * Clients should never call this method directly.
@@ -111,6 +139,22 @@ public class SystemFetchOperation extends JobChangeAdapter implements IRunnableW
 	 */
 	protected void execute(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws Exception, InterruptedException
 	{
+		SubSystem ss = (SubSystem)_adapter.getSubSystem(_remoteObject);
+		synchronized (ss)
+		{
+		if (!ss.isConnected())
+		{
+			
+			Display dis = Display.getDefault();
+			dis.syncExec(new PromptForPassword(ss));
+			
+			//ss.connect(monitor);
+			//ConnectJob conjob = ss.new ConnectJob();
+			//conjob.run(monitor);
+			ss.getConnectorService().connect(monitor);
+	
+		}
+		}
 	    Object[] children = _adapter.getChildren(monitor, _remoteObject);
 	    _collector.add(children, monitor);
 	    monitor.done();
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/view/SystemViewLabelAndContentProvider.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/view/SystemViewLabelAndContentProvider.java
index f45e69bcd24..2adfd483926 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/view/SystemViewLabelAndContentProvider.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/view/SystemViewLabelAndContentProvider.java
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class SystemViewLabelAndContentProvider extends LabelProvider
 	            ISubSystem ss = adapter.getSubSystem(element);
 	            if (ss != null)
 	            {
-	                if (ss.isConnected())
+	               // if (ss.isConnected())
 	                {
 			            
 						Object[] children = manager.getChildren(element);
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/subsystems/org/eclipse/rse/core/subsystems/SubSystem.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/subsystems/org/eclipse/rse/core/subsystems/SubSystem.java
index 2761d86eae9..51b2ad5b4c3 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/subsystems/org/eclipse/rse/core/subsystems/SubSystem.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/subsystems/org/eclipse/rse/core/subsystems/SubSystem.java
@@ -1347,6 +1347,7 @@ public abstract class SubSystem extends RSEModelObject implements IAdaptable, IS
             }						
             catch(InvocationTargetException exc)
             {
+            	exc.printStackTrace();
             	monitor.done();
           	  	String excMsg = exc.getTargetException().getMessage();
           	  	if ((excMsg == null) || (excMsg.length()==0))
@@ -1599,7 +1600,7 @@ public abstract class SubSystem extends RSEModelObject implements IAdaptable, IS
     /**
      * Represents the subsystem operation of connecting the subsystem to the remote machine.
      */
-    protected class ConnectJob extends SubSystemOperationJob
+    public class ConnectJob extends SubSystemOperationJob
     {
     	public ConnectJob()
     	{
@@ -2564,7 +2565,7 @@ public abstract class SubSystem extends RSEModelObject implements IAdaptable, IS
      *  monitor.
      * @param Shell parent shell used to show error message. Null means you will handle showing the error message.
      */
-    protected boolean promptForPassword(Shell shell) throws Exception
+    public boolean promptForPassword(Shell shell) throws Exception
     {
     	boolean ok = false;
     	if (!supportsConnecting)