so i'm looking for a way to allow users the ability to manage static files in their own directories on my webserver without giving them ftp access. I've seen controls like the one here that does what i want, however i'd like to weigh a few options. any recommendations?
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Why don't you want to use FTP? It's a perfectly practical tool for managing static files. There are free FTP serversr available and plenty of tutorials for setting them up.
mcandre
2009-07-07 17:01:49
ftp isn't a good fit for some of my users. there's also the overhead of integrating ftp users into the application, i don't want to do it. i'm looking for a web based control in order to tie it into my role based security so that i can just give users roles and allow the rest of my application security to determine if they have the rights to a folder. ftp also increases overhead on managing which folders they are allowed to access.
pedlar
2009-07-07 17:36:27
So these static files (and their permissions) are part of the application?
mcandre
2009-07-07 17:49:10
right, the application controls who has access to which directories. if the mapping between directories and users was static and 1:1 i would be more inclined to use and ftp account.
pedlar
2009-07-07 17:58:25
If your application used Unix accounts for users, this would be possible. What does your application do by the way?
mcandre
2009-07-07 18:00:10
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I would refer a chroot environment minus shell, but then it turns out you are referring to a ASP.Net manager... so, you may need a different reference. This is here for reference.
nik
2009-07-07 17:07:14
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Here is a really good and free php script which doest use ftp (i think). its got heaps of features like ajax and it has a really nice design
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this is the perfect place to use an MVC pattern. don't give the user direct acces to their files on your server. instead use a controller to get a list of available files and return thier names. then give them a list of things they can do with each file/directory.
in the presentaion/view layer you can design it to make it look like the user is browsing through regular directories.
see_sharp_guy
2009-07-14 01:12:06