On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Phil Pennock
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2009-10-07 at 13:34 -0700, Atom Powers wrote:
>> Some things I've tried that don't work:
>
>> SFTP - people have trouble working with remote files
>
> Which SFTP?  Secure FTP, or SSH-based remote file management?

They both have the same problem: they required a download->use->upload
process that people still have trouble with. WinSCP and HFS
(rejetto.com) also appear to work like ftp. I'm really looking for
something that the client can use like a network drive.

ExpandDrive appears to be a pretty-looking, expensive port of WinSCP.

SimpleGroupware looks very cool, but has the same problem with file
sharing as above; we are looking for a new webmail system anyway so it
may still be worth investigating.

I don't see how OpenFiler provides client-side functionality.

sshfs is a good idea, but are there MS Windows clients?

OpenAFS - this looks very promising but will require a bit of work on
the backend, work that I probably need to do anyway.

I'm going to start working on AFS and test WinSCP and HFS on a few clients.

If I'm misunderstanding something please let me know. If you have any
experiences with less-technical people working from remote locations,
I'd like to here those too.

-- 
Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard.
--Atom Powers--

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