html file server?

Zapho

I've some webspace that I haven't gotten around to using yet. I was thinking
it would be a handy way for myself and some lads to store files between
ourselves for the time being. Is there a html file around somewhere that
could act as an interface for this kind of thing? Something I could just
upload to the webserver let it handle all the transfers?

Rollo Tamasi

Hi, this shouldn't be any problem..

This thread is meant to be titled 'http file server' and what you're looking for is a ftp server.

If you can upload files via ftp to your host and you can create more than one ftp account then your battle is 99% complete. Who are you hosting with and can you do the two things I mentioned?

Zapho

The server is an apache server running on ubuntu. Well I'm not looking for
ftp transfers you see, I'm looking for a webpage to act as the interface,
it'd make it easy for the non-tech lads to use it. That way they could
just type in my web address, login and bobs your uncle.

seamus

If it's apache, and you're just looking for them to be able to download files, then have a look at the IndexOptions (or FancyIndexing) directifve.

Basically, you can instruct apache to display a directory list when the url is requested, rather than having to write your own html files. In this way, apache can work as a read-only file server.

If you're looking for a way to upload and download files, then you really need an FTP server, unless you have access to PHP and MySQL, in which case you could install a freeware document management system.

Zapho

I managed to get the directory list going alright, but uploading and
downloading would be more convinient. Would you know of any such
PHP scripts? I do have access to both PHP and mysql.

Rollo Tamasi

I thought you were a novice...:)
I installed a web uploader a while back on one of my sites to get past a restrictive firewall in work, i found the script on Sourceforge and it worked a treat. Trying to remember the name of it....

Hopefully these two searches will throw something up for you. If i'm online later this evening I will check which application I installed.

http://sourceforge.net/search/index.php?words=web+uploader&sort=score&sortdir=desc&offset=0&type_of_search=soft&pmode=0
http://sourceforge.net/search/index.php?words=web+uploader&type_of_search=soft&pmode=0&words=php+upload&Search=Search

Zapho

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

I thought you were a novice...:)
I installed a web uploader a while back on one of my sites to get past a restrictive firewall in work, i found the script on Sourceforge and it worked a treat. Trying to remember the name of it....

Hopefully these two searches will throw something up for you. If i'm online later this evening I will check which application I installed.

http://sourceforge.net/search/index.php?words=web+uploader&sort=score&sortdir=desc&offset=0&type_of_search=soft&pmode=0
http://sourceforge.net/search/index.php?words=web+uploader&type_of_search=soft&pmode=0&words=php+upload&Search=Search

A nicely done! I can't believe I forgot about sourceforge....I'll have a look
and if I find something that does the trick I'll let ya know.

Snowbat

If the Apache install includes mod_dav and you have admin priviliges, just set a directory up as a DAV directory (with password protection as appropriate). Windows users can then access it as a "web folder" with drag and drop functionality.

phil

Snowbat: aka WebDAV (for easy Googling)

Should suit your requirements, providing they're as straight-forward as you've mentioned.