[brlug-general] http user manager

[Dustin Puryear]

Right. So, yes, you should just drop the request about file permissions. 
I think there are some open source "download managers" out there. I 
forget the keyword you would use to find them. Basically, they are 
PHP/Perl applications which sit in front of files and allow users to 
download a file based on a login, unique URL which expires, etc.

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mat branyon wrote:
> I think that what I am looking for is a web based file manager
> 
> I am not worried about filesystem permissions, but about which http
> users have access to which files...
> 
> On Feb 6, 2008 6:53 PM, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote:
>> It sounds to me that you may not be defining what you need very well. Do
>> you mean this: We want a way to control who can download certain files.
>> Is that an accurate statement? If so, there are far better ways than
>> worrying about "file system permissions".
>>
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>> Puryear Information Technology, LLC
>> Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414
>> http://www.puryear-it.com
>>
>> Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers"
>>    http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices
>>
>> Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration
>>
>>
>>
>> mat branyon wrote:
>>> Hi from Colorado,
>>>
>>> I am looking for an webapp that would allow someone to manage user
>>> permissions to certain directories.  We are trying to get rid of our
>>> ftp downloads, and move to an http method.  We would like to be able
>>> to manage user permissions to certain directories (so a client would
>>> only be able to download files that they have licenses to).
>>>
>>> I have no idea what this webapp would be called, and I am fairly
>>> awkward and describing it as well.  Can anyone point me in the right
>>> direction?
>>>
>>> --mat
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