HTTP(S) based file server

Solution 1:

I have kept on researching, and found 4 good web-ftp implementations:

• AjaXplorer using following config: FTP
• net2ftp
• Web-FTP
• phpWebFTP

All work great with apache2 (with https), and proftpd (used for it's great PAM integration and ease of use). However the last two are a bit old and their designs are not the prettiest. and net2ftp has a huge banner with its name as well as a "complicated" login screen, with many options that a simple user doesn't need. That's why I'm currently using AjaXplorer.

If perhaps anyone else got great web-ftp scripts for apache2, please recommend them!

Solution 2:

If you need read/write, it sounds like you're looking for Apache (or Nginx) and Webdav. If you only need read-access, you can just serve directory listings from the webserver itself.

• http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/WebDAV

Solution 3:

I Just found this also, it looks very promising...

http://ubuntuguide.net/http-server-support-uploading-files-from-windows-in-ubuntu