From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 27 15:46:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAABD10656D6 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:46:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951748FC19 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:46:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so790708ywh.13 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:46:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=yZTCkmQGJwjtg01xDXHwHa8a2unDrnQjXbUItwmHOR4=; b=FUq6JYPV4i3FRnutW3qPxkWNobG1SV8I8lgMJ4IXuRGk7ii8WMUvK0lPcQd5T0jKX/ gRGRpCToo+BgC9K/Yr5dN0yRm9z3Zdr37CX26XQfKghIEfL9g9RjUoHxeDAe+KJIDkWr wiCFWhqh6TSICuIS7KI42oHfJ8A0DpmpwL7qc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=YxwzXEYQyQSsXzrcupAR8AKhPSjtlhTMOb3h0ko1BDeWyOguESH3s9jeS4TxfHFZ3Q XAcFJ9sHG/XTQwk4p4hvLLK1n9/f2SmOdqGVZARTM1yi1sMyUZlgFoX69i5UjI6v6zAi dPUQqgbh1A0e2qu0bh5hFo/h6oJ0NbUrkpNq8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.225.17 with SMTP id x17mr4000213ybg.219.1238167073520; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:17:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <98C06EFF-E52B-4A5F-B30F-D350BDC6D17E@olivent.com> References: <49CC98A8.10203@bluelight.org.uk> <98C06EFF-E52B-4A5F-B30F-D350BDC6D17E@olivent.com> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:17:53 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: Mikel King Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Terry , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: web based file sharing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:46:57 -0000 On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Mikel King wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2009, at 5:13 AM, Terry wrote: > > Just looking for a way to give easy access over the internet to some files >> for multiple users. Web based would be ideal as they all know how to open a >> browser. >> Internally files are shared using samba. >> Has any one come across any thing ? >> >> Cheers >> Terry >> > > Depending on the client OSes you could go with a WebDAV based solution. > Apache has several modules for dealing with dav. Mac OS X, KDE, and even > most versions of Windows have built-in clients. > > > Cheers, > Mikel King > CEO, Olivent Technologies > Senior Editor, Daemon News > Columnist, BSD Magazine > 6 Alpine Court > Medford, NY 11763 > http://www.olivent.com > http://www.daemonnews.org > http://www.bsdmag.org > skype: mikel.king > t: 631.627.3055 > m: 646.554.3660 > I've found WebDAV to be a good choice. I would suggest that you allow only secure access (https, port 443) to the web server. I have port 80 turned off and blocked by a firewall. It takes a little more configuration; but I think it's well worth the effort. I have accessed WebDAV via secure web from both Mac OSX and Windows XP. I know nothing of Vista (lucky me), so I can't speak to its compatibility. Best of luck, Andrew