From 0ac699b5ececc5a08a9c3608eaf39637e9580625 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chad Barb <barb@flux.utah.edu>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 00:00:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Redefined Windows usage...
Core realization:
Since the installer does an excellent job of associating the tbacl filetype to tiptunnel
properly *in the shell*, users can save their acl files to their desktop (or whatever) and
double-click them to connect. This works perfectly smoothly, and obviates the need to mess around with
MIME types.
So, this is the new "official method" for windows.
Plus, we can spin it as more convenient than the web method
(e.g. put all your acl files somewhere, so you can quickly connect
to your nodes without having to log in or navigate to them.) .
Barring any more unpleasant surprises, with this usage,
TipTunnel should be good for the tutorial.
---
www/faq.html | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/www/faq.html b/www/faq.html
index f22967f63b..4e2813e1af 100644
--- a/www/faq.html
+++ b/www/faq.html
@@ -355,13 +355,23 @@
<p>
Clicking "Connect to Serial Line"
in the Node Options page will send your browser a "text/x-testbed-acl"
- file. If you have downloaded <code>tiptunnel</code> and set it as the
+ ".tbacl" file.
+ In windows, if you have installed <code>tiptunnel</code>, available
+ below, you can save this file in a folder and double-click it
+ to launch a tunneled connection to your node.
+ In FreeBSD or Linux, you can save the file and pass it as an argument
+ to <code>tiptunnel</code>, or associate it with
+ <code>tiptunnel</code> in your web browser.
+
+<!--
+ If you have downloaded <code>tiptunnel</code> and set it as the
handler for that MIME type, <code>tiptunnel</code> will launch a new
telnet running in a new xterm (this may take a few seconds.)
That telnet will be connected to a local port,
which is tunneled through SSL to your node's console.
Closing the xterm, exiting telnet, or killing <code>tiptunnel</code>
- itself will end the connection.
+ itself will end the connection. -->
+
</p>
<ul>
<li>
@@ -381,6 +391,17 @@
</li>
</ul>
+ <h3>Instructions for Windows:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Run the installer executable, and successfully complete the installation.</li>
+ <li>In the Web Interface Node view,
+ click on the "Connect to serial line" link.</li>
+ <li><b>Save</b> the resulting .tbacl file in an appropriate place.
+ (for instance a folder off the desktop.)</li>
+ <li>For the lifetime of your experiment, you can simply double-click
+ these .tbacl files to connect.</li>
+ </ul>
+
<h3>Instructions for Linux/FreeBSD:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Use <code>gunzip</code>, then <code>tar xvf</code> on the downloaded file.</li>
@@ -389,18 +410,18 @@
or <code>~/bin</code> are two good places.)</li>
<li>Set up your browser to handle MIME type "text/x-testbed-acl"
as outlined below.</li>
+ <li>In the Web Interface Node view,
+ click on the "Connect to serial line" link.</li>
+ <li>If your browser is properly configured to use <code>tiptunnel</code>,
+ a new xterm window with a telnet session open to your node
+ should emerge.</li>
+ <li>(Alternately, you can tell your browser to save "text/x-testbed-acl"
+ files in a directory and you can run them with <code>tiptunnel</code> directly;
+ this may be more convenient than using the web interface every time you wish
+ to connect to a node in your experiment.
+ Note that these files are valid for the lifetime of your experiment.)</li>
</ul>
- <h3>Instructions for Windows:</h3>
- <ul><li>Run the installer (that's it!)</li>
- <li>Internet Explorer should then handle the links
- correctly (on some versions of IE, you must tell IE to "open" the
- ACL files twice every time you use a "Connect to serial line" link;
- we are trying to fix this issue.)</li>
- <li>
- You may need to follow the instructions below for Netscape or Mozilla
- if you are not using Internet Explorer.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3>Netscape 4.7:</h3>
+ <h3>Linux/FreeBSD and Netscape 4.7:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Choose <code>preferences</code> from the <code>edit</code> menu.</li>
<li>Select <code>Navigator</code>, then <code>Applications</code> under
@@ -422,7 +443,7 @@
<li>Clicking a "connect to serial line" link should now
bring up a connection in an xterm window.</li>
</ul>
- <h3>Mozilla:</h3>
+ <h3>Linux/FreeBSD and Mozilla:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Choose <code>preferences</code> from the <code>edit</code> menu.</li>
<li>Select <code>Navigator</code>, then <code>Helper Applications</code>
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