file server

computer techie · 8 Apr 2006 at 23:37

i have a few file servers set up at work and im just wondering is there anyway to share the files using a webpage im fine using it as it is using domain controllers and various other tools my users just find it hard to naviagte thru the servers looking for there files

so the question is :

is it possible to share the files but using a webpage with links to the files on the various servers for example generating a webpage from the various shared folders and h/d's

just_grass · 9 Apr 2006 at 08:00

Yep, a php page placed in the directory you wish to share.

The folder must be available on the internet.
The folder needn't have directory listing on, but must have read access to everyone.
PHP obviously needed on webserver.

Try Here. (Zipped .php file)

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Hope this helps,
Alex

K.C. Leblanc · 9 Apr 2006 at 13:46

I've never used it, but windows does have a technology called web folders which I think lets you do this.

I'm guessing you're using windows servers.

marin · 9 Apr 2006 at 15:54

Have a look at Sharepoint comes that with Windows Server 2003 R2.

We are in the process of moving all our projects onto it and it is working very well, users can access all documents internally or externally.

rich_g85 · 9 Apr 2006 at 16:02

Have you considered using DFS? Not a web-page but it might make it easier for your users to find what they need.

This article might help: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Implementing-DFS-Namespaces.html

computer techie · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:00

yes they are all windows servers im currently using 5 fileservers for the offices and various other parts of the building

one thing tho its not over the internet its over lan

computer techie · 10 Apr 2006 at 23:17

can any one help with this problem

Skilldibop · 11 Apr 2006 at 11:50

So what your saying is your users can't navigate through my computer.

What i'd personally do for security more than anything is create shortcuts on the desktop or in a folder on the desktop.
Depending how you run your system you could manually stick them in profiles if you run roaming profiles, Or via login script (or workstation based script) copying shortcuts from a hidden share on the server.

Your web page idea would work fine all you need do is slap a HTML page or whatever with hyperlinks to folder locations in it and slap that in a global share (read access to all users on domain). Then you'd add a shortcut to that or group domain policy it into favourites or default search or homepage or something that they wont have to think to find.

It could be a lot of work though. And it would mean all users can access all documents unless you added some form of security or made several pages with accesss rights dependant on security group.