Tired of emailing files back and forth between your business partners? Tired of moving emailed files manually on to the web server? Need a file space where the shared files are always latest version? Tired of running ftp sessions? Or do you just want to ad some fun to your homepage?

The File Transfer System is a good solution - and it's free! Write a little about yourself in the form below, and you'll receive a full working copy.

Introduction:

The File Transfer System is designed to be installed on a web server along with your html files. Using CGI scripts, clients can remotely make file transfers with the server without help from the webmaster. The client can do the following on the server:

• Create new directories with password protection (5 user definable levels available)
• Delete empty directories
• Upload files
• Download files
• Delete files

For security reasons, the client can only do the above in a file space assigned to the system. Deleting more than one files or directories at once is also prevented by filtering the client's input for wildcards (actually all client input is translated into "non violent" text). Finally, directories have to be empty before deletion is approved. Every thinkable error is accounted for.

With this system, a group of users can share a file space available from any web browser connected to the internet. You don't need special plug-ins to run this system. In addition, the installation process is made as easy as possible: Just change a few lines in an ini file and run the setup script. Voila!

Host requirements, if you install the system on your own site:

The system is designed for use on unix servers. The system will not work in other environments (yet), although the needed modifications are limited. If you want to use the system on your site you also need permission to execute scripts. Ask your webmaster about this.

You will propably have to give read/write/execute permission to everybody in the file space assigned for the system. This is (at most) a security risk for that file space nothing more!

To use automatic password protection of new directories, the web server must have the program "htpasswd" installed. This program is available with the Apache and NCSA web server (maybe more).

You can receive a copy of the system via the form below. The package includes a setup program that will automatically modify all links and references in the scripts and html files for you.

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Bjarni Thor Pjetursson - sponsored by Dynameks