From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ivan Baldo Subject: Re: Status Update : Deployment of DOSEMU Application Server Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:42:20 -0200 Message-ID: <4909B9BC.507@adinet.com.uy> References: <701247.26345.qm@web52502.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <701247.26345.qm@web52502.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: shawtan@yahoo.com Cc: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org Hello Shaw. Thanks for sharing your experience! El 30/10/08 07:02, Shaw Tong Tan escribi=C3=B3: > 5. One printing downside is CUPS printer do not tolerate long downti= me, Example: let say remote client printed some pages in application b= ut failed to put papers in the printer, and nobody care to fix it. Aft= er some failed attempts, CUPS daemon noted the problematic status and s= top the printer. When remote user later attempt to print again, the pr= inting will have problem because the printer has been stopped on the CU= PS side. Admin basically have to access CUPS page to clear jobs and re= start the printer. A potential hassle for remote office with a lot of = novice users and no onsite IT support, complaining about random failed = printing. > > =20 There is an option for every printer in the CUPS administration webpage= =20 that allows to select what to do when print jobs fail, I don't know why= =20 but the default is "stop-printer", you may change it to "abort-job" or=20 "retry-job", that should fix that problem. > B. WAN considerations > > 1. Having WAN clients add layers of complication due to the security= protection issue. This is also why I 2nd guessing on opening SSH port= facing the Internet. > > 2. If support spending is allowed, I would honestly prefer using a v= endor-supplied low-cost VPN solution and let the vendor deal with all t= he complication. Alternative open solutions (IPCOP/M0N0Wall) available= but the VPN reading and related config issues are too numerous for me = to address in a short timeframe. I may revisit them in future. > > =20 So, you are not comfortable with the VPN setup you made? Well, maybe you can try FreeNX or NXServer from NoMachine, they are SSH= =20 based, easy to setup on the clients. I am using FreeNX with printing=20 with DOSEmu and OpenOffice, speed is very good. Hope this helps!!! Bye. --=20 Ivan Baldo - ibaldo@adinet.com.uy - http://ibaldo.codigolibre.net/ =46rom Montevideo, Uruguay, at the south of South America. =46reelance programmer and GNU/Linux system administrator, hire me! Alternatives: ibaldo@codigolibre.net - http://go.to/ibaldo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html