Topic: Webshare Contrib

[del]

Does anyone know if smeserver-webshare-1.0.0-7dmay.noarch.rpm works OK with SME 7? I seem to remember someone having trouble with it along side other contribs. Thanks.

Regards,
Del

[mmccarn]

It installed painlessly and worked for me on my "test" server without causing any trouble.

Here's what I did:

mkdir -p /root/webshare
cd /root/webshare
wget http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dmay/smeserver/7.x/smeserver-webshare-1.0.0-7dmay.noarch.rpm
wget http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dmay/smeserver/7.x/perl-Apache-Htpasswd-1.5.9-1.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh perl-Apache-Htpasswd-1.5.9-1.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh smeserver-webshare-1.0.0-7dmay.noarch.rpm

- refresh my 'server-manager' session
- click on the new 'Web Shares' link under 'Collaboration'
- create a webshare
- create a user for the webshare
- open the webshare, login, upload a file, download the same file, create a subdirectory...

The only discussion I found about this contrib was from last spring and summer, but the contrib is dated 12-Oct-2006.  Even so, the problems all seemed to be that you have to install perl-Apache-Htpasswd before you install webshare...

[jdanvers]

mmcarn...

Instructions worked like a champ.    I followed them and the thing works.  Great.  Now comes stupid question time..  I shelled into my box (putty) and tried a locate / whereis, etc...  no joy.  What/where is the ~actual~ path on the server where uploaded files land?  I checked the obvious (to me anyway) /home/e-smith/files/Primary/html and /root/webshare...

I created a test directory and uploaded a test file.  Can't find either of them at the actual filesystem on the box.

Just curious & thanks!  

-=- jd -=-

[piran]

/opt/webshare/

[jdanvers]

perfect - thanks!

-=- jd -=-

[Tib]

jdanvers

did you do a "updatedb" before you did a "locate"?

I don't know how webshare works ... but I found that the database for locate needs to be refreshed so to speak to locate new files.

Regards,

Tib

[jdanvers]

Hey Tib...  no I didn't and indeed it did spit out an error re: run the command and then something about seeing some .conf file.  Needless to say - I just shelled back in and ran it....

... it took a minute or two and then the prompt came back.  Used the locate command again and viola! - found the file.  

     ***** screen capture *****

     [root@gateway ~]# locate jdtest
     /opt/webshare/bgshare/files/jdtest

     ***** screen capture *****

Thanks...

-=- jd -=-

[girkers]

Does this pose a security risk by not isolating it to an ibay?

[bpivk]

Well i would like to make a user that can upload files and users that can only download files. How could i do that?

Ok i just found that this isn't quite what i was looking for. I'm looking for a script that lets me or some other user upload files and unregistered users can download files. Do you know of such scripts?

[nigeltodd]

"The requested URL /webshare/bmpfileshare was not found on this server."

I get this message when I try to access the fileshare internally!

Permissions as follows:

[root@bpmserver RPMs]# ls -l /opt/webshare/bpmfileshare/
total 32
drwxr-xr-x  2 root admin 4096 Apr 17 07:41 conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root admin 4096 Apr 17 07:41 docs
drwxr-xr-x  2 www  www   4096 Apr 17 07:41 files
drwxr-xr-x  2 root admin 4096 Apr 17 07:41 icon
drwxr-xr-x  2 root admin 4096 Apr 17 07:41 incl
-rw-r--r--  1 root admin 2880 Apr 17 07:41 index.php
drwxr-xr-x  2 root admin 4096 Apr 17 07:41 lang
-rw-r--r--  1 root admin 2177 Apr 17 07:41 readme.txt
[root@bpmserver RPMs]#

I have uninstalled and re-installed perl_Apache HTPpaswd, and then Webshare - I have been able to create a webshare, add a user to acces it, but cannot acces - either by machine name or by Ipaddress.

Any thoughts?

[bpivk]

Did you use https not http (mind the s)?

[nigeltodd]

yes I did!! However I thinnk it has to do with my dyndns - I have 2 SME gateways on this adsl connection - when i went to the relevant servr (www.bpmoz.dyndns.bix) I eneded up on  the webpage for the original server!!

Will investigate further!!

[bpivk]

Yes you have the DNS settings wrong because the traffic gets routed to your original server that's why you can't access webshare (because it doesn't exist on your old server).

[nigeltodd]

So if I were to move this machine onto it's own modem link, once modem in Bridge mode it should work ok? Is there any way to ensur eit works first before I do that? (I can and will put Webshare onto MY server (nigelt.dyndns.org), ut it does not prove that it works on the bpm one!@

Thanks for your help tho!

Much appreciated

Nigel

[bpivk]

Well you can check if it works trough LAN if you enter the ip adress of your server (https://lan/webshare/something) or just route trafic from the other server with Hostnames and addresses but i think that you'll be faster with using lan.

You can also ssh into the server an use links and then enter the url https://localhost/webshare/something