Am Di, den 12.04.2005 schrieb Kevin Fries um 16:44: > The correct tool for this job is WebDAV. It is an extension to apache; > uses apache style security; and is automatically built into those > Windows clients. WebDAV was designed to solve one problem, and only one > problem... Webpage file update. > > Since you are already using Apache to serve those web pages, it seems > silly to then use a different tool (either FTP or samba) to then update > the files. Both your Frontpage and your Dreamweaver should support > WebDAV right out of the box. Windows machines should also be able to > map drive letters to it if you want. > > You will be doing your students a bigger service in making them realize > that there are lots of tools out there to get a job done. And, well > designed tools allow you to do your job, while hiding the ugliness. > While SAMBA does an OK job of this, and FTP does a good job of this, the > truly correct tool for the job is DAV. The greatest testimony of this > is that I would be giving you the same advice if you had a Windows > server. That is ubiquitous computing. > Kevin Fries I second this. WebDAV - though it comes originally from Microsoft - is a great technology. It is not only the choice for LANs but too a good exchange for connections to public servers, especially when using WebDAV through HTTPS. (Avoiding to speak about these cruel Frontpage Extensions *shrug*.) Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.11-1.14_FC2smp Serendipity 17:59:17 up 14:39, 18 users, 0.44, 0.70, 0.62
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