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Remote read/write file access w/browser

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by deolmstead

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Here's my situation:

I manage a small Win2k server network (< 10 PCs) for my company, and would love be able to give my staff access to their files on the server from their homes.

Ideally, I could configure this with minimal setup on their home computers, like through their browsers. I have in my mind IE's FTP interface, although I've been warned that FTP is not secure because of plaintext logins, and that I can't have individual folder access anyway if my server is acting as the nameserver (which it is, it seems).

I have built an administrative area of our website using PHP and MySQL which is accessible only to the staff, so in a perfect world they would log in to this administrative area, and from there be able to browse, read & write their files from the server.

I do have a static IP, and a hardware firewall.

Is this possible to do with the equipment I have? If not, what would I need to make it happen? Where can I look for advice on setting this up?

Thanks,
Daniel

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by chris..

Another option is to just publish the dir's you want to be available, use Windows authentication to get access but in order to keep the user name and password secured you would have to have them connect to a HTTPS page FIRST, then logon.

Your way will work just fine as long as your PHP code is good. You might also check some of the PHP resources out there on the web to find a secure logon interface that you could tweek to match your needs.

My only concern with usuing PHP and MYSQL is that you'd have to recreate the user accounts, and honestly I'd be against having to maintain accounts in two different locations.

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