Re: "Yahoo briefcase"-like app?
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 03:52:16PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know of a web application that provides "Yahoo
> Briefcase"-like functionality for authenticated users?
> Basically, this is a general-purpose storage space to allow
> putting and getting files via a web frontend.
>
> The ability to use this from any computer with just a web
> browser (no requirements on scp/ftp clients, for example) is
> a must. Imagine it must be usable from a cybercafe, for
> example, where software installation is impossible, ftp/scp
> is probably not available, but there is a web browser.
>
> Is anybody aware of any free software packages that provide
> something like this? Failing that, any recommendations for
> packages that do something close to this, that I could hack
> in the particulars with minial effort?
>
> good times,
> Vineet
You could probably setup a webpage in your apache server with a little
script to upload, maybe authentication, different tricks, and you
will have what you are asking for. Nobody but you will know the ip or
address, and if you protect the page with tricks, all will be more
less fine.
See
http://view.devleworm.com/81/0/
http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php
There was a thread about file uploading not long ago where I was
asking some questions.
HTH
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