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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / Re: new users

« on: July 30, 2010, 05:29:39 PM »

absolutely cool!  thank you rejetto! i very much appreciate all of your help! i will try it and let you know how it's going.  just wanted to make sure that everything was going to work before i got too far into it.  one last thing...i know next to jack about scripting save some VERY basic html.  where do i copy the script to and how do i execute it?  thanks again!

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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / Re: new users

« on: July 30, 2010, 04:47:05 PM »

so the second script will allow me to do what i need?  the moving folders part for the ones already created will be (using previous example) from "c:\john" to "c:\hfs\john" while still maintaining the user account (name and p/w) for when i originally set it up for "c:\john"? so basically, HFS will be going to "c:\hfs" instead of just "c:\" to find "john's" folder?

and it will also ONLY allow the user account that i just created to ONLY access their own folder (ex. john can access ONLY "c:\hfs\john" but not "c:\hfs\frank" or anyone else...likewise for frank to ONLY access "c:\hfs\frank" but not john or anyone else, etc.?

also, no i DID mean windows explorer..."my computer (right-click)--> explore--> (when list comes up, left pane) my network places--> file server (HFS box)" is how they are accessing it from the office network (not dealing with people who know a lot about this stuff )

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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / Re: new users

« on: July 30, 2010, 03:28:45 PM »

fair enough, but it's still a matter of having a script that will add SEVERAL new user accounts and their credentials to HFS and the accompanying folders on the system.

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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / Re: new users

« on: July 30, 2010, 02:23:31 PM »

understood, however the folders HAVE to be real because files are being added, deleted, and changed directly to the HFS box through the network in the office using windows explorer.  the new user accounts have to be added as the files are created and moved to the HFS box. 

the physical folder creation is nothing more than a DOS batch file.  the association with the users accounts on HFS however, is a fairly simple, yet tedious, procedure. 

the way it is supposed to be set up is the user account in HFS is the same name as the physical folder name in windows (just for simplicity's sake).  the password, group association, and download privledges are what need to be set in a repetitive way.

example: john, mike, joe, frank, and bob are all users to be set up.  a script to quickly set up these users one after another is what's needed.  keep in mind, the physical folders are already created and populated with their respective files in windows...

input user name-->"john", add to HFS VFS, create user account, and associate with real folder-->"c:\john", what's "john's" p/w-->"some p/w", what group is john going to be in-->"some group", and then assign "john" with download only rights while not letting mike, joe, frank, or bob into his folder and then repeating the whole process in a batch style for mike, joe, frank, and bob, etc... then asking if another user needs to be added after each one is completed. 

when all is said and done, giving ONLY the admin rights to upload and download to ALL acounts, but make admin account and folders hidden from everybody else.

i know that this sounds like a very drawn-out process and it is with over 500 accounts to input.  thank you for all of your help!

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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / Re: new users

« on: July 30, 2010, 01:37:31 PM »

sounds like a plan. thank you so much for looking into this!  so how would you suggest that i proceed for all of the other users that i have to add?  just a prompt type interface would be fine.

something that asks for user name (then assigns the user account to the real folder of the same name), p/w, which group it belongs to, and after creation, grants download rights to ONLY that user for ONLY that folder. 

i could just input them one at a time...tedious...but some jobs are easier with a prompt than with a gui. 

thanks again for all of your help!

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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / Re: new users

« on: July 29, 2010, 02:43:59 PM »

wow, i got the admin's attention!  now i feel special!  thank you rejetto for an absolutely awesome piece of software!

the problem is that i have already created over 150 users, all using real folders, and now i am being told that i have to add almost 400 more! on top of that, they apparently have to be divided into groups. 

so now, i have to take all of the ones that i created and put them in one group, but they have to stay linked to their real folders, but now i am going to put all of the real folders into another folder on c:\ (i really wish they told me what they wanted before i started ), so basically, they are ALL now going to be child folders in a parent folder. 

i won't make the same mistake again, which is why all of the new ones i have to input are just going to be configured corectly in their own groups to begin with.  a script asking for group name, folder name (which is actually the same name as the user account name), user account and p/w, association to said folder, and download rights only would be freakin sweet. 

i can just make a batch file to actually create the files from a DOS prompt, so no problem there.

but, ALL of them need to be real folders somewhere on c:\ 

also, it would help to hide the admin folder from everybody EXCEPT the admin...or at least provide a link to it, but that's not a problem...that's the kind of stuff i can figure out with a shortcut or bookmark. 

i know i am asking a lot, but as long as a can get this working, a donation is on it's way as soon as i get paid!

if everything i'm saying is a little confusing, let me know and i can clarify.

Thanks again for all the help!

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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / new users

« on: July 27, 2010, 02:53:54 PM »

OK, first of all, I think HFS is one of the BEST programs that I have seen in my life! It's much friendlier than using FTP and the options provided for such a small executable are amazing!  However, my problem is that I am setting this up for a number of new users and scripting is something that I never really got into.  

I just need 2 VERY small scripts that will 1) move a bunch of real folders and user accounts already created to another folder on the hard drive AND
2) a script that will allow me to (one-at-a-time is fine) create new users, set their passwords, create the folder on the hard drive and associate it with the new user as a real folder, and allow downloads ONLY for the account just created, and provide uploads AND downloads ONLY for the admin as I am creating them.  

If it is possible to write a script that will give upload AND download rights ONLY to the admin for ALL of the existing folders after everything else is done, that would be fine, too.  

Sorry to be a pain about this, but it seems like the only viable solution for what I am doing as every user needs to access ONLY their folder (and ONLY for downloads) and NOBODY else's, but the admin has to be able to upload and download to EVERYBODY'S folder and NOBODY else can access the admin's account.  I understand that this would probably be a very simple thing to do using scripting instead of the gui.  

I have already inputed over 100 users using the gui because I didn't know how to script and I can't tell you how many hours it took.  Having a script that could do this, even if I had to input each one one-at-a-time would be better than creating folders in XP, creating users and thier passwords one-at-a-time in the gui, and then going back through the gui to associate them all and only using the browse folder, and then, when I am finished, going to each one and setting the download permissions for each and then setting  the upload AND download permissions for the admin.  

If anybody can help, I would GREATLY appreciate it!  My job is riding on this and I didn't think that it would be this involved when I started.  They just kind of dropped on me what the magnitude of this whole thing was going to be after I started.  Much thanks to anybody that can help me with this little problem!