Renke Brausse wrote:
>>> Does anybody have a fix to let it be used in a text mode browser or a
>>> browser w/o javascript?
>> 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).
> 
> imo NX is overkill - a ssh tunnel to port 80 of the backuppc host is
> sufficient...

An ssh tunnel is all you need to run NX - or port-forward your local 
browser's connection.

> but more on-topic: I like John's proposal, a plain html page would be
> nice, I don't see the need for javascript in the GUI.

Yes, there are probably libraries that degrade gracefully to browsers 
with no capabilities, but it's just a matter of time until you have to 
manage some other device that needs javascript, java, or something else 
you can't do in text mode - and the price is right.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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