Topic: running Lynx from another system

[Scott Smith]

Here's the scenario:

UNIXHOST-----ESMITH-----INTERNET

Requirement is for users on UNIXHOST to be able to connect to ESMITH and use the Lynx browser to access the INTERNET. This *could* be accomplished via a telnet connection from UNIXHOST to ESMITH, then running Lynx; however, what is being requested that I must try to provide is a way to make the connection transparent to the user. In other words, users on UNIXHOST are tol select a menu item from their application, and then be presented with Lynx with no intervening screens or input required on their part. I believe this rules out telnet.

Suggestions? I know Unix has rcmd and rlogin and other such capabilities, none of which I have ever used and know very little about.

Thx

[Tim Litwiller]

can't they run lynx directly on the unixhost with the lynx settings proxying out thru the e-smith?

[Charlie Brady]

Scott Smith wrote:

> Here's the scenario:
>
> UNIXHOST-----ESMITH-----INTERNET
>
> Requirement is for users on UNIXHOST to be able to connect to
> ESMITH and use the Lynx browser to access the INTERNET. This
> *could* be accomplished via a telnet connection from UNIXHOST
> to ESMITH, then running Lynx; however, what is being requested
> that I must try to provide is a way to make the connection
> transparent to the user. In other words, users on UNIXHOST are
> tol select a menu item from their application, and then be
> presented with Lynx with no intervening screens or input
> required on their part. I believe this rules out telnet.

Hi Scott.

The scenario you describe fits exactly within e-smith's design parameters. As long as the e-smith server's IP address is set as the default gateway for the Unix box, and the Unix box is configured to do DNS resolution via the e-smith box, then lynx will "just work", using the IP masquerade feature of the e-smith gateway. No special setup required at all. Completely transparent to the user, as you require.

For a little better efficiency, set up lynx to use the squid proxy of the e-smith server.

Regards

Charlie

[Scott Smith]

Tim/Charlie

Yes, lynx can be run on the UNIXHOST system using e-smith as a gateway. And if it were up to me, this is what I would do. However, "The Powers That Be" have decreed that lynx is not to execute on UNIXHOST, but must be run on e-smith. This is easy enough to do by setting up an account on e-smith and having it launch lynx at login. The users on UNIXHOST can telnet to e-smith; however, they still have to enter the username/password to login. So what I'm looking for is suggestions as to how to do this (run lynx on e-smith from UNIXHOST) without having an interactive login.

Thx