Martin Brown
1999-Dec-15 02:18 UTC
A web based file/directory permissions system for Samba users
We have a large (about 150 concurrent users on a Sparc3000) samba based NT network. I am the only UNIX guy here and so I decided to develop a permissions interface for the helpdesk people to use for doing the UNIX chmod/chown/chgrp type stuff that's required to administer the system. Common user requests are: "Can I have access to..." "Can you create a read only area for these people..." "I can't write to..." etc. The browser is PERL scripted with some SUID C-wrapped scripts for doing the business. I have it running under apache in a password protected cgi-bin directory. My PERL etc. is pretty elementary and I don't feel really qualified to develop it properly beyond its currently just-usable state. Would anyone on the samba team be interested in taking this on? I have some screen shots if anyone's interested but I didn't want to attach them as they're quite large and would no doubt annoy a lot of people. -- ^~^~^~^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Martin Brown, UNIX and Network Systems Administrator ADI Limited, Systems Group, Australia, 612 9325 1645 brownm@sg.adi-limited.com.au martin.brown@member.sage-au.org.au