Sharing Users Folders Over Internet

Hi,

I have a 2003 server and want to share users home folders over the internet,
I take it that if you set a vpn up you need clients installing on the users
machines, is it possible to just login to a webpage and for the users
folders just to come up on the webpage without installing anything on users
pc's?

Are there any software packages to do this, if so anyone recommend any?

Cheers,

Graham

"Graham Sims" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a 2003 server and want to share users home folders over the
> internet, I take it that if you set a vpn up you need clients installing
> on the users machines,

As far as I know, there is a built-in client on Windows 2000 and XP.
Presumably Vista too.

> is it possible to just login to a webpage and for the users folders just
> to come up on the webpage without installing anything on users pc's?

You can use a web or FTP server, but it's not the same as accessing a shared
drive over a VPN. Bear in mind that unless you use HTTPS, authentication and
file data are not encrypted.

> Are there any software packages to do this, if so anyone recommend any?

There's IIS for a start, although many wouldn't recommend it as a web server
(I have no idea about its FTP server). Apache is a common alternative web
server. I don't know of any other FTP servers for Windows off the top of my
head.

Alex

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> Hi,
>
> I have a 2003 server and want to share users home folders over the internet,
> I take it that if you set a vpn up you need clients installing on the users
> machines

There is a client built into XP Pro, are you using that? If so, problem
solved :-)

> is it possible to just login to a webpage and for the users
> folders just to come up on the webpage without installing anything on users
> pc's?

Set up a webserver on your 2003 machine, and have the folders on the
machine automatically copied and synchronised with a folder on the 2003
machine that you point your webserver software at at the "homepage".
I've not explained that very well but I know what I'm trying to say!
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Regards
Jon