[K12OSN] OT: need help configuring web server on Ubuntu Server to allow file uploads

[Daniel Bodanske]

I still say that webdav is the easiest solution.

Look here:
Easy: http://bliki.rimuhosting.com/space/knowledgebase/linux/webserver/apache/webdav
More complicated:
http://www.howtoforge.com/webdav_with_ssl_and_two_factor_authentication

Enable WebDAV on the Client
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/WebDAV-IIS.html
http://itsinfo.tamu.edu/workshops/handouts/html_handouts/webdav_handout_windowXP.htm

Then just connect with a webdav client and input the password. All
permissions are automatically correct. Certainly more elegant that a
cron job, though I've used those before, as well.

Dan

On 4/25/07, Rob Owens <rowens at ptd.net> wrote:
> I think the bigger security concern is that if there was an exploitable
> bug in apache, then someone from the internet could gain access to your
> server and possibly everything else on your LAN.  That's a big if, but
> it's possible.  That's the reason some people put the web server on a
> completely different subnet--if someone hacks the web server, then
> they've only got the webserver and not your local file storage.
>
> -Rob
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 09:25:37AM -0400, David Whitmer wrote:
> >
> > Regarding the Samba suggestion... the web server I'm working with here
> > is accessible from the public Internet, though it is behind a separate
> > firewall.  If I were to setup Samba on it, even if it were configured
> > to only be accessible from the internal LAN, might I then be exposing
> > the server to security issues from the Internet?
> >
>
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