CentOS - Aug 2010 - access to file system through web browser

Hi.

I am trying to find "something" (php prefered) that I can stick onto a
Centos apache server that would allow me to browse a selected file system
by employees through a web-browser "explorer like" interface.

I know I can do this through WinSCP (and have done so), but my problem is I have
Linux, Windows and MAC clients and my knowledge of MAC's is rather limited.

I can limit access to the (php) files to (ranges of) IP addresses, so security
is reasonable ok and doing this through a web interface saves me time, too, as
I only have to do this once, and security fixes is easy, too.

Is there anything that would imitate a tree view like interface to
browse a file system?

Jobst



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it."

On 08/04/10 6:08 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am trying to find "something" (php prefered) that I can stick
onto a
> Centos apache server that would allow me to browse a selected file system
> by employees through a web-browser "explorer like" interface.
enable apache directory indexes.

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Jobst Schmalenbach <jobst at
barrett.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I am trying to find "something" (php prefered) that I can stick
onto a
> Centos apache server that would allow me to browse a selected file system
> by employees through a web-browser "explorer like" interface.
>
> I know I can do this through WinSCP (and have done so), but my problem is I
have
> Linux, Windows and MAC clients and my knowledge of MAC's is rather
limited.
>
> I can limit access to the (php) files to (ranges of) IP addresses, so
security
> is reasonable ok and doing this through a web interface saves me time, too,
as
> I only have to do this once, and security fixes is easy, too.
>
> Is there anything that would imitate a tree view like interface to
> browse a file system?
>
Webdav! Then you can mount the webdav "share" in windows/linux/mac(?)
as a drive.
> Jobst
>
>
>
> --
> "She said she loved my mind, though by most accounts I had already
lost it."
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On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 04:08, Jobst Schmalenbach <jobst at barrett.com.au>
wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I am trying to find "something" (php prefered) that I can stick
onto a
> Centos apache server that would allow me to browse a selected file system
> by employees through a web-browser "explorer like" interface.
>
> I know I can do this through WinSCP (and have done so), but my problem is I
have
> Linux, Windows and MAC clients and my knowledge of MAC's is rather
limited.
>
> I can limit access to the (php) files to (ranges of) IP addresses, so
security
> is reasonable ok and doing this through a web interface saves me time, too,
as
> I only have to do this once, and security fixes is easy, too.
>
> Is there anything that would imitate a tree view like interface to
> browse a file system?
>
> Jobst
>
Here is a file manager that I started writing in PHP some years ago,
but never finished:
http://dotancohen.com/downloads/TerribleFile_0.7.php.txt

The code is probably a mess, the whole idea was to learn PHP at the
time and I've never gone back to clean it up. It's pretty usable,
though.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

http://gibberish.co.il
http://what-is-what.com

> I am trying to find "something" (php prefered) that I can stick
onto a
> Centos apache server that would allow me to browse a selected file system
> by employees through a web-browser "explorer like" interface.
AjaXplorer is a mature and pretty well supported web files explorer,
with plugins for various authentications and backends:
http://www.ajaxplorer.info/

On 8/4/2010 8:08 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I am trying to find "something" (php prefered) that I can stick
onto a
> Centos apache server that would allow me to browse a selected file system
> by employees through a web-browser "explorer like" interface.
>
> I know I can do this through WinSCP (and have done so), but my problem is I
have
> Linux, Windows and MAC clients and my knowledge of MAC's is rather
limited.
Look for something called fugu for the Mac.
> I can limit access to the (php) files to (ranges of) IP addresses, so
security
> is reasonable ok and doing this through a web interface saves me time, too,
as
> I only have to do this once, and security fixes is easy, too.
>
> Is there anything that would imitate a tree view like interface to
> browse a file system?
Others have suggested enabling indexes in apache which will work if all 
you have to do is read and apache has file system permissions.  I 
haven't used it for a while, but I thought webmin had a decent file 
manager component and you might find some of the other modules useful too.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com

Hi

Using apache (either webdav or index) destroys the file permissions, on top
of that I have to add the user that runs apache (nobody) to the group
permissions
having access to the file system.

Most of my file systems do not have global access, only owner/group ...
especially when it comes to data files ... 

WINSCP uses ssh, and ssh (when logged in) uses the file permissions 
that are used within the system. This is one of the prime reasons using WINSCP.

The only way I can achieve keeping the permissions alive using either WINSCP
(or derivatives) or a UI (php based) that interacts with the filessystem
sthrough php based functions (imap,ftp,ssh).

I found a few .. and there are some really good ones ... after I put the correct
search terms in (thanks for that hint).

  http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=php+file+browser


Jobst


On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 11:08:28AM +1000, Jobst Schmalenbach (jobst at
barrett.com.au) wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> I am trying to find "something" (php prefered) that I can stick
onto a
> Centos apache server that would allow me to browse a selected file system
> by employees through a web-browser "explorer like" interface.
> 
> I know I can do this through WinSCP (and have done so), but my problem is I
have
> Linux, Windows and MAC clients and my knowledge of MAC's is rather
limited.
> 
> I can limit access to the (php) files to (ranges of) IP addresses, so
security
> is reasonable ok and doing this through a web interface saves me time, too,
as
> I only have to do this once, and security fixes is easy, too.
> 
> Is there anything that would imitate a tree view like interface to
> browse a file system?
> 
> Jobst
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "She said she loved my mind, though by most accounts I had already
lost it."
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