ubuntu/file sharing help

[Dink]

what i'm trying to do is setup my ubuntu file server

so that i can access the files via my phone

so i've got it all setup to share to my pc's but i need to get it to do it via a web browser aswell so i can access it via my phone

so what do i need to install on the server?

 

[KDF]

You want files accessible through a web server ?

You need to install Apache, point the root of the apache server to the folder you want to share by editing the httpd.conf file (or apache.conf)

However, you should put some kind of password protection in place. You can easily do this using .htaccess and .htpassword files for simple authentication.

 

[Dink]

basically what i want to do is put the ip address of my ubuntu "server" into say firefox and it show me a list of the folders/files

i got it to do it before but can't for the life of me remember what i did

 

[KDF]

Then Apache web server would do what you want but you might want to look into a lightweight solution like webfsd

 

[Dink]

cheers thanks for that:star:

 

[Dink]

right i've got lighttpd up and running i think (got a placeholder page)

now i guess i just need to replace that page with a directory list?

if so then i aint got a clue how to do that

 

[KDF]

Just make sure that

dir-listing.activate = "enable"

And then remove the index file from the root directory. Good to go !

http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/1/wiki/Docs:ModDirlisting

 

[Dink]

KDF i owe you a mars bar :approve:

just had to delete the index.html and set the server root to /mnt/ rather than /var/www/

 

[KDF]

:approve: Good lad !

 

[Darren S]

Lop KDF's arm off and it would say Linux all the way through!

D.