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Is there any web-based FTP-browser that I can install on the Apache2 server which I am running my FTP service on? I am not talking about accessing through FTP protocol, but entirely through HTTP. Something like WebSVN for SVN access?

Reason for this is, that sometimes our clients cannot access our FTP service, because they are behind firewalls.

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something like WebDAV (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV)? – roe Jan 8 '10 at 9:18
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First, forget FTP, you do not want to add extra complexity by using FTP protocol to localhost from a web service, share the items over HTTP as well instead. Google for "apache based ftp replacement". In any case, the question belongs to serverfault.com... – Kimvais Jan 8 '10 at 9:18
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You can try Net2Ftp that I got after doing this. Requires PHP.

I would also suggest yout to use a more secure way. For example, you could use Mindterm applet to transfer via SCP/SFTP

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+1 for SCP/SFTP – Kimvais Jan 8 '10 at 10:52
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If you are familiar with web scripting languages like PHP or Perl, you could write a web app that does this. For an existing solution try http://oliver.sourceforge.net It acts as a web-based front end to an FTP server.

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Who voted this down and why? – George Edison Jan 8 '10 at 9:22
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Not really helpful, he was asking for software (so the question is unrelated). not 'what programming language I could use to achieve this' Another reason for -1 is mentioning PHP and Perl but omitting python. – Kimvais Jan 8 '10 at 9:22
I omitted Ruby. Do I get a downvote for that? – George Edison Jan 8 '10 at 9:24
mimimi he didn't mention my favorite language, mimimi – ypnos Jan 8 '10 at 9:32
Sorry. I didn't realise Python coders were so easily offended... and I am a Python coder myself, so... – George Edison Jan 8 '10 at 9:34
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eXtplorer is an Ajax based professionally looking web based file manager and ftp client that you can use.

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