Hello Florian, Le Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:24:50 +0100, Florian Effenberger <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Hello, > > Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2013-11-26 10:53: > > > Certainly, I'm not criticizing infra. But when in Milano we -the > > people participating in the marketing workshop - requested a simple > > ftp server, the answer was that OwnCloud was the appropriate tool. > > back in the early days, many people complained to me that setting up > a simple FTP server does not work for them, because > > 1. they don't know how this tool works > 2. they are behind a router configuration not allowing FTP > > And let's not forget that _ALL_ access credentials for FTP are > transferred _UNENCRYPTED_ over the wire, providing an anonymous > upload facitiliy for all kind of stuff for everyone. > > You see, any tool has its drawbacks. :/ I am not saying ownCloud is > perfect, but you need to start somewhere. Otherwise we would need 12 > months of deep evaluation before anything can be set up, to consider > each and any use case... > > I think what is required is some short information on how ownCloud > works with regards to file sharing. So, here's the story: > > Per se, files in ownCloud are private and only belong to you. > > You can share any file or folder in ownCloud by the "share" icon next > to it. This sharing could either be done on a user basis, so you > share it directly with an ownCloud user, who optionally can edit it, > or "via link" to the general public. > > Those links usually look quite odd, e.g. > https://owncloud.documentfoundation.org/public.php?service=files&t=3b219f29a1b7057eeca23ecc6d3d4d84&path=//Design > > What Robinson has done is to create a folder called "common" with his > account. He shared it with the public for reading. At the same time, > to selected users, he shares it writable. This means that e.g. you > and me see this folder in their ownCloud accounts and can directly > open it and push files to it. > > The link usually to use for that folder is > https://owncloud.documentfoundation.org/public.php?service=files&t=3b219f29a1b7057eeca23ecc6d3d4d84&path= > > Agreeably, this link looks ugly, so Robinson thankfully sent me a > RewriteRule to make it look like this > > https://owncloud.documentfoundation.org/common/ > > All subfolders can be addressed for public reading in the same way. > As an example > > https://owncloud.documentfoundation.org/public.php?service=files&t=3b219f29a1b7057eeca23ecc6d3d4d84&path=//Documentation > > is now > > https://owncloud.documentfoundation.org/common/Documentation > > Does this shed some light? > Please, I'm honest with that question, I'd like that issue sorted out > - if there are still open questions, let me know. Speaking only for myself here: yes. I'm not sure it's something that other contributors can work with and I'd hate to have a tool like this just to myself :-) Best, -- Charles-H. Schulz Co-founder, The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
