[TriLUG] Moving to Linux server?

[teisenmenger at charter.net]

Please forgive me if I am being obtuse - let me rephrase and clarify:

At this time we have no Linux server in place, nor LDAP.  We are considering going with Linux as opposed to Microsoft solutions.  One capability we would like to support is for students to be able to access their home directories on the server over the web.  That way, whether they are on-campus or off, they can access their body of work.

What server-based software would we need in order to support this?  What client software (if any) would students have to install.  It is safe to assume most are Windows users, a few will have Macs, and a couple run Linux.

Thanks.

---- Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote: 
>    Can you authenticate users to Linux via LDAP? You do not need to limit
> access to web-based access as you can provide real access. Web-based can be
> an additional factor. You can share the user's home directories on the
> network and people can access them with normal file access tools. E.g. you
> can setup an NFS or SAMBA share for each user. Each user can also use SCP
> and other remote access protocols (ftp etc). Web-based access is nice but
> normal file access is entirely possible. For users with personal web pages
> to edit their HTTP config you can setup a separate included conf file and
> give each user access to only their conf file. Also look at The Open CD and
> XLiveCD for quick and free solutions for dozers. The Open CD has the top 20+
> FOSS for 'dows and XLiveCD has X Windows remote access stuff runnable in
> 'dows (not really a LiveCD in 2007-speak).
> 
> TimJowers
> 
> On 3/6/07, Magnus <magnus at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > teisenmenger at charter.net wrote:
> > > Is it possible to provide web-based access to home directories on a
> > > server running LDAP?  If so, how could this be done?  (I'm asking the
> > > question on the behalf of Chowan University's Director of IT who is
> > > considering moving to a Linux-based server and Google email here
> > > on-campus.)
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webdav
> >
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