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  1. #1
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    Looking for a FTP browser script.

    Hey there.

    I am looking for a PHP script that will allow users to login to my FTP server and do read-only actions. such as view and download files. The script must require a login page as there are multiple FTP accounts.

    Thank's for any information.

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    I have heard of a few, but I would not suggest using this mean to connect to a FTP, you are likly to case security braches

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    Oh....Ok.. I didn't know that.


    Just trying to make it easier for clients to access my FTP.

    In the construction business when I say FTP client, everyone is like "huh?"

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    Just break it down in terms they understand. Say a program that allows you to connect to a server (Your Website)

    Web Design Industry is allot different the web hosting industry.

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    Is there any particular reason you are wanting do this by means of FTP? If you are only going to allow them viewing privileges, then in my opinion, FTP isn't necessary.

    I would create a simple PHP script that would get the contents of a designated directory. It doesn't need to be anything fancy, just list the title and a link to each respective file. Then for security, a simply .htaccess password prompt would do the trick.

    http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.dir.php
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    Quote Originally Posted by comswww View Post
    I have heard of a few, but I would not suggest using this mean to connect to a FTP, you are likly to case security braches
    If done improperly, maybe.

    As long as there is some sort of authentication and limits with each ftp account, there is nothing wrong with browser based FTP. Like anything though, your security is based solely on your code and whatever precautions you have in place.
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    http://www.net2ftp.com/

    You can try setting up that script however it is recommended that you don't leave that on a publicly accessible page (it's very common people search for open installations of this and end up playing with your files)
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    Quote Originally Posted by vx|brian View Post
    http://www.net2ftp.com/

    You can try setting up that script however it is recommended that you don't leave that on a publicly accessible page (it's very common people search for open installations of this and end up playing with your files)
    But there are catch logs in temporary internet files.

    Back too.

    Quote Originally Posted by comswww View Post
    I have heard of a few, but I would not suggest using this mean to connect to a FTP, you are likly to case security braches

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    I suppose I could make it http instead of FTP. I can just list the files of the FTP directory. That way I can still allow FTP access if the user needs to. I am using FTP because sometimes there is 2 or 3 files and sometimes there is 2 or 3 hundred files.

    The only problem is. I will need to create 2 accounts now. One to login to the http system and an actual FTP account, unless someone can tell me how I can authenticate the http access using ftp account credentials.

    Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carp View Post
    someone can tell me how I can authenticate the http access using ftp account credentials.

    Thanks.
    How you could do this would depend on your hosting environment, Linux or Windows, and whether you have root access to the server or shared host. If you are on shared hosting I think this might not be possible. If you have your own root access then you could build web authentification based of the passwd files.

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