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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Joy
      last edited by

      @Joy said:

      Personal FTP like Filezilla Server?

      That's what you would want to use as a client for FTP. Much more powerful than using a web browser in most cases. Especially if you want to upload too.

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      • JoyJ
        Joy
        last edited by

        We are using the Filezilla Server and also Filezilla client before-

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Joy
          last edited by

          @Joy said:

          We are using the Filezilla Server and also Filezilla client before-

          That's a desktop application "server" and not meant for production use. If you are on Windows I would stick with IIS. On Linux, you have lots of built in FTP options.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            So any recommendations, as it appears I actually need an HTTP File server with an Easy to Use Web front (for end users).

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            • W
              WingCreative
              last edited by

              OwnCloud or Pydio may fit the bill in that case.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @WingCreative
                last edited by

                @WingCreative said:

                OwnCloud or Pydio may fit the bill in that case.

                Those would be my first thoughts. You can just use WebDAV too, like SharePoint does.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  Alfresco would do it too.

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                  • mlnewsM
                    mlnews
                    last edited by

                    What about a WordPress Uploader Plugin?

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                      mlnews
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                      extPlorter

                      extplorter

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                      • mlnewsM
                        mlnews
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                        BytesFall Explorer

                        bytesfall

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                          mlnews
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                          NavPHP

                          navphp

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                            mlnews
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                            that is seriously ugly

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                              mlnews
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                              FileManager

                              Youtube Video

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                              • Reid CooperR
                                Reid Cooper
                                last edited by

                                Would not take too much to build a custom solution too, maybe in PHP.

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                                • stacksofplatesS
                                  stacksofplates
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                                  Webmin also has a file manager.

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                                  • PSX_DefectorP
                                    PSX_Defector @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    If you are on Windows I would stick with IIS.

                                    This is why you don't let a Unix admin do a Windows admin's job. 🙂

                                    IIS FTP, be it 6, 7, or 8, sucks ass. Securing it is a pain in the ass, it eats resources badly, and only offers FTPS for secure transfer. If all you need is FTP, Filezilla Server does a better job, with less resources, and higher scaling. It doesn't do it all, e.g. SFTP/FTPS, but it's certainly better than IIS FTP. Just having the autoban feature is worth not using IIS FTP.

                                    Once you get into paid FTP daemons, you get some real options. Ipswitch WS_FTP Server can do everything and anything. You want AD integration, restricting directory access by the hour and by the user? That's what you get with better applications.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      Not saying it is good, but if you are running Windows for FTP you have bigger issues. IIS is just fine. Why use Windows for FTP when Linux does it so well?

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                                      • W
                                        WingCreative
                                        last edited by

                                        If a critical requirement for the application is compatibility across all operating systems, then I assume you don't have full control over the systems that will be accessing it.

                                        If there's any chance that people will be uploading things on a WiFi connection then SFTP/FTPS/some sort of encryption should be a critical requirement as well. Jussayin.

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                                        • stacksofplatesS
                                          stacksofplates
                                          last edited by stacksofplates

                                          If you're using a Linux client with nautilus you can click connect to server. Then just type ssh://user@server. If you have keys set up you don't need a password. You can browse the file system through nautilus just like any other folder and it's secure through ssh.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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                                            @johnhooks said:

                                            If you're using a Linux client with nautilus you can click connect to server. Then just type ssh://user@server. If you have keys set up you don't need a password. You can browse the file system through nautilus just like any other folder and it's secure through ssh.

                                            That works great but it does it by not using FTP. If we could get by without FTP this whole conversation would be moot.

                                            And it turned out that FTP was not what he needed but actually a web page. So the FTP part turned out to be a red herring once we probed a bit.

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