John Rouillard wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> I just installed backuppc 3.2.0beta0 (but this happens with 3.1.0 as
> well) and I browsed to a host summary page and attempted to start a
> backup using the links text browser.
> 
> However links is showing "Harmless Button" as the text for all three:
> 
>   Start Incr Backup
>   Start Full Backup
>   Stop/Dequeue Backup
> 
> buttons. Looking at the source I see that the buttons are only valid
> when javascript is enabled and don't seem to work as regular form
> buttons. It looks like the value is set only if a button is clicked
> and javascript is available to set the action value.  Kind of makes it
> difficult to use when working from a text mode browser or other
> non-javascript enabled device (like some handheld phones).
> 
> Does anybody have a fix to let it be used in a text mode browser or a
> browser w/o javascript?
> 
> Would making the three buttons read something like:
> 
>   <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="button" VALUE="Start Incr Backup">
>   <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="button" VALUE="Start Full Backup">
>   <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="button" VALUE="Stop/Dequeue Backup">
> 
> with support in the cgi for detecting ?button="Start%20Incr%20Backup"
> with no action or a blank action work?
> 
> For those who are wondering, I am remoted into the system and the vpn
> isn't working at the moment so I can't use the browser on my laptop
> nor can I send back X or anything to use a graphical browser.
> 
> Well guess it's time to drag out my BackupPC_serverMesg dictionary
> to fire up the backup 8-).

This isn't quite what you asked for, but a much nicer way to do remote 
administration is to run freenx on a stable 'inside' linux box where you 
have ssh access, and use the NX client from http://www.nomachine.com on 
your laptop (and perhaps other machines).  This gives you a full GUI 
desktop that works well even over low bandwidth connections and lets you 
disconnect/reconnect with everything still running - and all you need is 
port 22 open for ssh.   Or for the old-school way, just use ssh or putty 
to port-forward the browser connection for you.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com



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