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Bug reports / Re: User accounts

« on: October 08, 2006, 02:21:15 PM »

Hi Rejetto,

Salute! Thank you for your prompt reply.  I neglected to say in my post what a great program this is, sorry.  It appears that I am doing it the way you suggest in your reply.   

The way I added the Guest account is this:  I go into Menu, "Other program options" and then "users". Then I create the Guest account with user name and password.  I then click "apply".  No problem there.

I don't add "Guest" to the root folder (/) because as I said, I don't want them to have access to the entire VFS directory.  My other two users have full access.  I don't need to restrict access to the root folder for Guest because the other two users are the only ones with access to it.  Maybe that's the problem?  Maybe I should right-click on the root folder,go to restrict access, and check the Guest account?  I'll try that.     

Then I go to the folders I want Guest to have access to (example: folder 1, 2, etc).  I right-click and go to "restrict access".  I then put a check mark next to Guest or I click "All".  When I do a mouse over, the yellow "lock" icon appears and it says "access for: user1, user2, Guest".  I then click "save options" to file and then "save file system".

When I try and sign in under the Guest account, I enter the name "Guest" and password and click "OK".  Nothing happens: the password disappears, and the "Enter Network Password" box remains.  If I enter it three times, I get the "Unauthorized" page and the message:  "This is a protected resource.
Your username/password doesn't match.  HttpFileServer 2.0b
10/8/2006 10:16:45 AM".

Thank you for your time...

~jbfyipi

             

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Bug reports / User accounts

« on: October 07, 2006, 10:25:11 PM »

Hi All,

I'm having an issue adding a "Guest" account.  Currently I have two accounts (mine and a friends).  We both have unlimited access to all of the folders in the VFS. 

I want to add a Guest account where the Guest would only have access to three or four specific folders (out of all the folders in the VFS).  I've tried everything at this point.  When I add the Guest account to the root folder (everything) the login works.  Problem is, the Guest account then has access to everything, which I don't want.  When I specify access to specific or certain folders, the Guest cannot access HFS at all and I get the "Unauthorized" page.  I'm using the latest (2.0b, I believe).

I even created a new .vfs file where I loaded only the folders I wanted the Guest to have access to.  Problem is, you can run only one .vfs at a time.     

What am I doing wrong?  Is it an "all folders or nothing" thing?  Any insight would be much appreciated.

~jbfyipi 

   

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router & port problems / Got it figured out

« on: July 17, 2006, 07:34:07 PM »

Hi folks,

I got it working.  I did a number of things.  Mainly forward the port that HFS was running on.  I also entered my DynDNS information, etc.  In any event, it's working great.  Awesome program!  The Self Test came in handy to see if the server was working correctly.  Thanks for your replies.  

jbfyipi

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router & port problems / applying DynDNS domain to HFS

« on: July 13, 2006, 05:43:14 PM »

Hi folks,

I'm a newbie here so I appreciate any patience.  

I downloaded and installed HFS last evening.  I've been successfully running four (4) DynDNS domains on Abyss Web Server.  I can ping each individual index page with no problem, so I know that port forwarding and my web server software are running correctly.  I believe I'm forwarding port 80 on 192.168.1.100 (my webserver internal IP) through my Linksys BEFSX41 router.  Again, I have no problem reaching any of the index pages for these domains from any internet connection.  

I added a bunch of folders to the VFS of HFS last night without any problem.

*What I'm having trouble doing is taking one of the established DNS domains (http://xxxxx.podzone.net) and making that my file-sharing index page.  In other words when my friends type in that URL, I want the HFS login page to come up.  There has to be a simple way to apply that established DNS domain to the login index of HFS.    

I messed with a bunch of settings last night and I can't seem to get it to come up from an external internet connection (from work).  Right now, only my regular "test" page for that particular domain continues to come up.  I'm guessing that either I haven't set the Index File Mask or Default File Mask correctly or maybe it's an index or documents path setting in Abyss. Any help would be greatly appreciated.  BTW, I did spend a good amount of time researching the Forum before making this inquiry.  Thanks!

JB