On Saturday 30 September 2006 21:56, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 09:47, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > Another idea that I have abandoned is developing a web application. There are > > two reasons: 1. I find no user interface design tools for web based > > applications. 2. web applications are very problematic for security minded > > people such as myself. I run a web server, but there is no way in the world > > that I would run a Bacula web application on my web server. In the past, I > > have gotten around this by having a second LAN only server, but I don't > > really like this. In addition with technology such as FreeNX, I believe that > > there is no disadvantage to writing desktop GUI applications -- they can now > > be executed from anywhere much like a web application can. > > > > One can certainly argue with the above points, but that is pretty much useless > > because what I am writing is not to convince you about my views but to give > > you a little bit of the reasoning behind the direction I am taking. > > I'm currently using backuppc and looking at bacula as an alternative > for better tape handling. However, I find the web interface of > backuppc to be very useful even though the backups themselves > are automated. In particular, a glance at the 'host summary' > screen shows a color-coded list where you immediately notice > any problems, you can browse through the backups and either > restore files or grab a file or tar/zip archive of multiple > files directly through the browser interface, and backuppc > has a concept of individual machine 'owners' that can browse > and restore their own files through the web interface as well > as request immediate backup runs - without being able to see > hosts other than their own. When someone needs a restore > they can probably still find a working browser. I don't think > I'd want to be trying to make an NX client work in that situation, > and it doesn't have a way to deliver files directly in any case. > > Also, most places that would need web security and logins > are likely to already have such applications running under > apache so that probably isn't a real big issue.
Yes, I understand and agree with your points. No need to worry as there are already a number of web interfaces developed for Bacula, and I have no doubt that will be more written in the future. My point was only that it is unlikely that I will be directly or personally involved in writing/supporting them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
