Thanks - I've been trying to get my head around the horde3 installation, not recommended - It's an absolute nightmare, I've given up I'm afraid.
I'll have a look at OwnCloud.... Dave On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Jon Spriggs <j...@sprig.gs> wrote: > On 20 June 2011 12:31, Dave Hanson <d...@hansonforensics.co.uk> wrote: > > Good Afternoon All, > > I'm thinking of creating my own Dropbox type file storage at home (For no > > other reason than I'm tight!) I did some quick googling but the only > thing's > > I can find are cloud based which seems a bit excessive. > > To summarise what I'm after: > > > > The storage must be accessible from any browser as many networks block > ftp > > ports etc or only have 80 & 443 open. > > Have individual profile spaces (So, Storage limits can be applied to a > > particular user, other users cannot access files that are not their own, > > that sort of thing) > > Not have speed restrictions, the transfers must be as quick as the > network > > allows. > > > > I wondered if anyone has done anything similar, the 2GB on Dropbox > doesn't > > take long to fill and I don't really fancy having multiple accounts with > > different companies etc. > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Dave Hanson > > Consider one of the following: > > 1) Apache with mod_dav_svn (pro: uses Subversion to provide versioning > of your files, con: uses Subversion, which might be overkill for what > you need, also, multi-machine access may be a bit wonky) > 2) OwnCloud (a KDE project, exposing WebDav data) (pro: It's a set of > PHP scripts, which means you probably will be able to deploy it > anywhere, con: relatively new to the game, not all proxies will permit > the extended requests needed for WebDav, doesn't give you any version > control) > 3) Horde's Gollem module, which provides webdav, XMLRPC and a full > HTTP interface (pro: Horde is pretty rock solid, having WebDav as well > as XMLRPC access should get you over most hurdles, and where it > doesn't, you've got HTTP access, It also has "drivers" for SQL based > storage, FTP, SSH, or local file system access which means you can > pretty much use any back-end you want as well con: Horde is a bit of a > bugger to configure, and Gollem will take some tweaking as well.) > > None of these will be a drop-in replacement, but they are all things > I've toyed with in the past. > > Hope that helps! > > -- > Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Best Regards, Dave Hanson
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