[389-users] Problems with running Management and Directory Consoles on remote servers

[Rich Megginson]

Jonathan Boulle wrote:
> Is there a suggested/common way to work around it?
Not that I know of.  Does vnc help?  Suggestions are welcome.
> Or do people using the Console usually just run it locally?
It is designed to be run locally.  That's why we have a standalone 
console package and a Windows console package.
> I would like to be able to have a common access point for the console (and preferably without having to install X, VNC, etc)
>   
What you really want is a web based application, not the java console.
> Thanks
>
> (Apologies for top post)
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 2:43 PM
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> Subject: Re: [389-users] Problems with running Management and Directory Consoles on remote servers
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> Gerrard Geldenhuis wrote:
>   
>>> Yes, we were connected over a VPN as well - Cisco, in this case - with
>>> the underlying networks being 100mbit LAN -> ADSL -> Internet ->
>>> Datacentre -> 1000mbit LAN.
>>>
>>> Just now, as a test, i installed and ran Wireshark (gnome) via ssh -X to
>>> the remote site, and from the same machine that i would normally have
>>> run 389-console from.  It was relatively responsive - certainly usable,
>>> in any case.
>>>
>>> Could it be a java thing, or is it specific to the console tool, i wonder ?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> It's probably both... we have much the same network setup. The other setup being 100Mb -> vpn -> ADSL -> 1000Mb network.
>>
>> We will raise a bugzilla. I will send the number so you can add any additional info or just confirm another occurence of the problem.
>>
>>     
> This has been a problem for years - I believe it is a java thing - there
> are unfortunately very few standalone java apps like the console with
> which to confirm - there's really nothing in the console code itself
> that controls this sort of thing - this all happens at the java
> awt/swing/X layer.
>   
>> Regards
>>
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