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OSS Web-based File Management?

Posted by Cliff on from the was-this-what-Microsoft-meant dept.

breadiu asks: "I work for a department at a university, and we'd love to offer students some type of web-accessible file storage, but, like most educational institutions, money is tight. There are some great closed source solutions out there like Xythos' Digital Locker Suite, but those cost. I've had trouble finding a really well put together open source solution. I've taken a look at Slide and even Zope, but neither really match up to Xythos' offerings. What have others done to provide centralized file storage/management? Is there anything OSS that offers WebDAV, Apache support, BSD/Linux support and Active Directory-LDAP authentication with support for Windows and Mac clients?"

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  1. use open afs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    You can try openafs its mounts a filesystem for you as a network drive and its open source. Its a distributed filesystem product, pioneered at Carnegie Mellon University, this is what we use at the University of Alberta for students, well this and ssh. http://www.openafs.org/

  2. About to deploy a WebDAV-based file service... by agt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Our university is about to roll out a web-accessible file service based on Apache+WebDAV+local patches. Please send me email at (my slashdot username)@ucsd.edu if you're interested and I'll be happy to discuss.

  3. Re:Not so hard by danheskett · · Score: 3, Interesting

    For windows users, try WebDrive. They dont even have to drag and drop.

    It maps DAV or FTP sites to a standard Windows drive letter, and handles everything transparently in the background. Users can use any application to edit files, etc.

    I have some users who need to upload photos from a digital camera to a website; it's perfect for them. You can even set Windows to transfer files to that "Drive" anytime they plug in the camera via that little wizard that pop-ups.

  4. Re:Zope/Plone by cornice · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Don't forget:

    ATManaged File - http://www.enfoldsystems.com/Products/Open/ATManag edFile
    ATManagedFile allows you to store metadata in the database while keeping File assets on the servers file system. Content is treated like a first-class citizen in Plone, it can be transitioned (workflow), edited, copy/pasted. Metadata for content can be described through Archetype schema's. A managed_files tool enables administrators to specify where content is stored, the deletion policy, as well as the stored filesystem naming convention.

    PloneLocalFolderNG - http://zopyx.com/OpenSource/PloneLocalFolderNG/
    PloneLocalFolderNG allows you to mount a part of the filesystem as folder into your Plone site.

  5. iFolder from who? Novell by cornice · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Novell has GPLed their file sharing system and renamed it iFolder:

    http://www.ifolder.com/


    iFolder is a file sharing application for Linux, Windows, and Mac.

    Using iFolder workgroup features, you can easily:

    * Share files across multiple computers
    * Share files with other users

    Used with an iFolder server, you can:

    * Maintain a backup of your files on an iFolder Enterprise server
    * Share files with other users and computers
    * Restore deleted files from Backup