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. -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
