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I have bad memories associated with lynx due to an earlier tech job. We'd help clients install their network printers so that the applications running on the RH
by AdmiralAsshat 2y ago
I have bad memories associated with lynx due to an earlier tech job. We'd help clients install their network printers so that the applications running on the RHEL/Centos box could see them. We did not have RDP or VNC access, but we did have on-demand SSH access to their server. So we'd end up having to SSH into the box and doing something like `elinks http://localhost:631 http://localhost:631` to bring up the CUPS interface over the terminal, and fill out all of the forms in the browser, tabbing to jump between lines and whatnot. It was a massive PITA.
Not lynx's fault, of course. But memories are memories.
- badc0ffee 2y agoThis sounds like a good use case for ssh port forwarding, or if port forwarding was restricted, SLiRP[1]! [1] https://slirp.sourceforge.net https://slirp.sourceforge.net
- Telemakhos 2y agoI have better memories of lynx from the 90s: without internet access at home over university breaks, I'd walk to the local community college library, which had available, internet connected computers that could only browse the library catalogue or open a terminal. From the terminal I could telnet to my home university's unix server and use lynx from there to browse the internet.