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 lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
