On 10/13/2014 12:12 PM, Vojtěch Zeisek wrote:
Dne Po 13. října 2014 11:57:28, Lew Wolfgang napsal(a):
On 10/13/2014 11:43 AM, Vojtěch Zeisek wrote:
ownCloud looks interesting, but I don't think it's appropriate for this
requirement. I need something that's locally hosted and that will back up without the Windows users having to do anything. They can't be trusted to do anything right, after all!:-) I can't establish a web server either, (don't ask) and so users would request file retrieval when needed. I'm not sure if I understand correctly. OwnCloud has a very easy and capable desktop syncing client for any system and it just runs in the background. The files can be accessed using Windows network drive. I don't know if ownCloud can run without web server, but I think this is the only problem. Otherwise I think it'd meet Your requirements. Or launch FTP server and use some Windows client running in background and just sending changes... What else do You need?:-) The OwnCloud thing requires purchasing their server package if you need local-only operation. It would be nice to do everything with open-source software. The server looks expensive and might be overkill too. Do you have any cost data? Sorry? Server as well as client are fully open-source and You can install it on Your own server. The software is even build in OBS. So the price for software is zero. Everything You need for Your situation is FOSS. Of course, You can rent it, but it is not the point now. You don't need enterprise edition. I don't have my own install, I use that provided by Czech Academy of Science http://www.cesnet.cz/services/owncloud/?lang=en and as one of admins from that department told me, they didn't pay, neither. ;-)
Hm... an ftp server might be something to think about. It would have to be anonymous with a write-only incoming directory, but this is easy to set up and is secure to the best of my knowledge. But the Windows client might be the issue. It is easy solution, I think. I'm not able to advise the best Windows client, but there are plenty of them, including with advanced possibilities. I'd require some testing, probably, but it shouldn't be difficult.
Thanks for the pointers, Vojtěch. I didn't see the free link. The web requiremet might be an issue in this particular environment, but I might be able to use self-signed certs on a non-standard port. It would be an interesting project. Thanks, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org