Robin Blandford [ ByteSurgery.com - Digital Media Engineering ]

24/05/07 Web Based File Manager

Can anyone recommend a web-based file manager for my new Ubuntu box? I need to make changes on the road when access to ssh is restricted. This is a tool I use to make quick edits all the time.

Requirements:

1. textfile editing (on server)
2. Chmod ability
3. file uploads
4. directory creation

Are there any other ‘bonus’ features I should be looking out for? Once installed, I’ll post my findings here.

(Note: I’m thinking of something like a free alternative to webshell4.)

Tags: Apache Web Server, Linux, Ubuntu, Web Server

8 Comments

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01/06/07 Ciaran

Is ftp not option?

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01/06/07 Robin Blandford

Hi Ciaran. Nope. FTP is often blocked behind firewalls. I need a shell that can also compress/uncompress.

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01/06/07 Ciaran

grrr I presume you don’t allow html comments so have to type this again!

We use VHCS (http://vhcs.net) on a suse box for hosting and it has parts of Weeble Fm (http://weeblefm.sourceforge.net/) built in which mite help. Open source written in php, more info on freshmeat (http://freshmeat.net/projects/weeblefm/)

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01/06/07 Robin Blandford

looks great. thanks.

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01/06/07 Ciaran

glad to help an old donkey manager!

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08/06/07 Cormac

I use PHPfileNavigator to upload content via html forms. It does the trick.

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08/06/07 Robin Blandford

Hi Cormac. I will take a look. Cheers :-)

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12/08/07 ATS

You could try our Files Together software. It runs on linux and windows, does ajax and is free with 2 users. It also works on mobile phones and PDA devices.

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