If you are looking for something simple, have you exammined WebDAV? Windows users can treat the "web space" much like a network drive to drop files onto it, use of ssl with it permits encryption of authentication, content can be made available for other users with read-only access if shared folders in dav space are also public on the web server... (DAV clint are built-into Mac OS X and Window 98++ (though support can be installed as integrasted in win 95 too), and a specific application is available for pre Mac OS X,and for *nix there is also a client or two.
There are web-based file mamagers "out there" but I have not played with any as I have no need for them. Hopefully others with experience will be able to offer help. -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/CM$/IT$/LS$/S/O$ !d--(++) !s !a+++(-----) C++$(++++) U++++$(+$) P+$>+++ L+++$(++) E W+++$(+) N+ o K w+$>++>+++ O-@ M+$ V-$>- !PS !PE Y+ PGP++ t@-(++) 5+@ X@ R- tv- b++ DI+++ D+ G--@ e+>++>++++ h(++)>+ r*>? z? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ decode: http://www.ebb.org/ungeek/ about: http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html Shawn P. Neugebauer said: > At last, I have a good question for vox-tech! > > I've been asked to put together a simple web-based file management/ > sharing system. The system would be used by a small group to share > PDF, PS and other types of files. We'd like any (validated) participating > user to be able to add content (upload a file) along with perhaps some > comments or other simple information (a single comment field would > probably suffice). It's probably a good idea to allow only the uploader > or > editor to delete entries. One extra level of complexity would be helpful > for increasing the utility of this thing: the ability to create new > "folders" for organizing the information. The platform is linux (redhat). > > I realize that a motivated individual could do this quite nicely with > apache, mysql, and, say, php, however, I'd like to avoid the database, > and, frankly, I don't want to spend very much time on this. Also, a few > minutes with google and freshmeat convinced me there are 1000 existing > solutions--I'm hoping this email will solicite some good leads. > > So, any ideas? Opinions? Experience with something like this? A simple > php-based or perl-based (or something else?) solution would be nice. A > straightforward groupware-type web application would be useful too, but > they > tend to include lots of stuff that's not needed (and won't be needed) > here. > > shawn. > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
