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This is my situation:
I have a static IP address on an intranet and want to have my PC
available so my friends can upload files to my PC as well as download
files to theirs.
I have had a look at BadBlue (
www.badblue.com) to do this but only the
people who are on the same IP range as our intranet can access the
files. Friends (in other countries) can't access it: Page not displayed
error in IE for example. I thought this would be okay as we have http
access and so figured I could use this web based server.
I am looking for something whereby I can:
* choose who the users are who access my files
* choose which IP addresses (or range) can access
* password protect folders/files to registered users only
Basically I want a few friends (from around the world) to have the
opportunity to upload say family photos, newsletters etc. to my PC in a
(virtual) folder that only they can access by password and also have the
opportunity to download my photos, news etc.
Any recommendations on a freeware app or other advise please. I hope my
explanation is okay and makes sense!
xampp is about as complete as a webserver can come,
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The distribution for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP. This version contains:
Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL,
phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare
Systems v3.32, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, Turck MMCache, SQLite,
and WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql.
</QUOTE
Basic installation is quite simple: Unzip to a disk/partion/folder of your
likeing and run the setup_xampp.bat and follow instructions. Aftwerwards, to
run the whole package, you need to start 2 batch files: mysql_start.bat and
apache_start.bat. If running on w2k or xp, you can simplyfy this even more
by creating a batchfile (in the same directory as the oter two batchfiles
with:
@ECHO OFF
@CLS
@ECHO Starting SQL Server...
@START "Apache Webserver"/MIN mysql_start.bat
@ECHO Starting Apache Web Server...
@START "Apache Webserver"/MIN apache_start.bat
@ECHO Bye!...
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If you're looking more for a FTP Server, I would recommand CeasarFTP
http://www.aclogic.com/ . THough still in Beta officially, It is one of the
better FTP Servers i have encountered. It focusses mainly on easy
administrating and has it own user/groups administration:
Multiple Users/Groups
IP whitelist/blacklist
Add any directory on the system to a user and/or group, hide any directory
from an allowed directory for any user and/or group. Create a logical
directory trea for each user and.or group
Each directory and file you can set user rights, but inheritrage isalso
possible.
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If you are looking for both at once, you might find Keyfocus webserver
interesting.
http://www.keyfocus.net/kfws/ I havn;t tried tis one, but they
claim it is both a web aswel as a FTP server. If you gonna use this one, i'd
appriciate a small review...
MightyKitten
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