Posted by Tim Van Wassenhove on 09/20/05 22:27

On 2005-09-20, subscriptions@easypeas.net <subscriptions@easypeas.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> So here's the deal; I'm hosting several people on a virtual server
> running Linux (White Box Enterprise), each of which has an internet
> presence. (Apache webserver.) They're also web novices. I want to
> develop a method by which they can upload photos to a folder on the
> server from their client computer, without having to use FTP, creating
> the folder if necessary. This would be accessed from the client-side
> from a signed applet. How could this be done, short of granting
> univeral write access in the folder? Is there a way (for instance)
> that a user can access their remote account with the rights of their
> local user? I.E., as if they'd logged in via FTP? This should run as
> quietly as possible, not requiring HTML forms and the like.

What's wrong with WebDAV?

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Met vriendelijke groeten,
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://timvw.madoka.be>

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