Re: [MLUG] Web File System

[Shawn Parker <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

i didn't think about webdav.

On 11/18/05, ryan woodsmall <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> Sharing out a user's entire home directory should be doable using
> WebDAV.  Keep it secure by requiring SSL and limiting access by
> host.  I think that would be semi-alright.
>
> But I don't know if I'd want to run anything like that...
>
>   ryan woodsmall
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>
>
> On Nov 18, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Shawn Parker wrote:
>
> > i've seen indexing scripts that will allow upload/download of
> > files...but, generally the directories need to be pathed in the
> > webserver configs. that makes security a bigger issue, i would think.
> >
> > does it need to be web based? winscp or other secure ftp app would
> > do the trick.
> >
> > i've seen scripts that rely on the machine user for authentication.
> > you might be able to hack through the source and combine a decent
> > indexing script with an authentication script.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/18/05, Russell Horn <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> Rather than use a VPN that requires client software I'd like to be
> >> able
> >> to let folk access their home directory and our shared folders
> >> (currently shared via samba) through a web interface that would
> >> let them
> >> upload / download files.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of any existing software that can offer this
> >> functionality on a per user basis - I've seen a couple of programs on
> >> freshmeat but they don't seem to work on a user basis, rather just
> >> allowing file access to the contents of htdocs.
> >>
> >> Russell.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > - slp
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