web filemanager needed

October 22, 2008 4:48 PM

I need web access to a directory of files, so a web based file manager or ftp client. But unix file permissions need to be followed, so file ownership needs to be retained and obeyed (login, password, move/copy/delete). Additionally, most of the files are jpgs and I'd like for there to be a thumbnail icons view as well as filenames. Anything?

And a pony.

Most php or java file manager / CMS ignore unix permissions and save everything as the web server process (if they even save to the file system and not into a database).
This comes from having a Samba share that remote offices are having trouble accessing over the vpn so we want an alternative access method (to SMB) for the same group of files.

posted by dirtylittlemonkey to computers & internet (4 comments total)

The web server needs to run as a user, and that user has to have at least read access to the files and directories it's going to serve. There's not going to be a way to both serve the files with a web server, and not grant that same web server process ownership or group membership access to the files it's serving.
posted by odinsdream at 7:14 PM on October 22, 2008

Perhaps roll together something simple with pwauth and mod_dav?
posted by tomierna at 7:25 PM on October 22, 2008

Many web browsers speak FTP, which gets you everything except the thumbnails, pretty much for free.
posted by hattifattener at 9:39 PM on October 22, 2008

Davenport is a webdav interface to samba shares. It behaves just like your existing smb clients with respect to file permissions. No thumbnails, and I don't think any browsers have enabled uploading files through webdav, but you can mount it under Windows or Mac to browse the directory.
posted by team lowkey at 11:58 AM on October 23, 2008