[SATLUG] file access via web & samba ?

[K. Spoon]

On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:40:51PM -0600, twistedpickles wrote:
> A friend wants the capabilteies to share files from one central
> location from within a windows network and also want access to files
> via http.
[...]
> I thought of setting up samba for his local network and using apache
> or tux with .htaccess to restrict access via http.
> 
> Any thoughts or suggestions?

What about using WebDAV to handle the Windows sharing duty instead of
adding samba into the mix?  Windows can mount DAV shares the same way it
uses SMB shares, and can work over SSL.  That way, you can keep
administration of the server limited to just apache if all he wants is
file service and not stuff like print sharing or domain support.

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K. Spoon <kell at spoonix.com>