id like to set up a place for memebers of a users interest group to upload, download files

Discussion in 'ASP.NET 2.0' started by Briann, Feb 8, 2007.

  1. Briann

    Briann

    Hi,

    I'd like to use some of the spare bandwidth and disk space on my account here to set up a place for memebers of a users interest group to upload, download and view small files. These files would be special format used by the datamodeling tool being developed. There would also be .sql script files and various kinds of .xml files generated by this tool. The files are generally small (less than 100KB), and there are not likely to be more than a few dozen transefers per month.

    Can you give me some advice on the best way to set this up on my DASP account? I would like to keep this section isolated from my website here, as much as possible. I also would not want that new section to be hijacked for any use not intended, or to open to limitless bandwidth or diskspace usage - intentional or not.

    I have VS 2005 (SP1), and some knowledge of ASP.Net 2.0, to use in site development.

    Thankyou for your advice. BRN..

    Post Edited By Moderator (Joel Thoms) : 2/9/2007 3:08:16 AM GMT
     
    Briann, Feb 8, 2007
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  2. Bruce

    Bruce DiscountASP.NET Staff

    There are many different ways to do this depending on what you want and how much time you wish to spend doing this

    1) Use NTFS permission to make a private folder

    - You create a folder designate for this purpose.
    - Create a user id in the user manager in the control panel
    - Remove Anon permission to that directory
    - Give the username/password to your users
    - They can now upload and download using FTP for just that directory

    2) Install a webbased file manager

    You can find many on the Internet.

    http://www.binaryintellect.net/products/displayproductdetails.aspx?productid=8

    3) If these off the shelf manager doesn't suit your need, you can also consider building your ownasp.net app to do this.


    Bruce

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    Bruce, Feb 8, 2007
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  3. Briann

    Briann

    Thanks Bruce,

    I'll review your suggestions. Most importantly, I want to make sure I don't repeat common mistakes that would cause grief to myself or DASP. I viewed a couple of MS's joeon.net security videos, and saw how poor choices on simple websites can be exploited to cause problems in other places. After choosing a scheme, I'll run it past you again. BRN..
     
    Briann, Feb 8, 2007
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