[SATLUG] Re: file access via web & samba ?

[twistedpickles]

Thanks I'm looking into WebDav...I've never used it before. I'm trying
to keep it simple and make adding shares easy.

On 12/4/06, K. Spoon <kell at spoonix.com> wrote:
> 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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