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I've set up a server and I was advised by many people here to use IIS and configure it as an FTP server to share files with the rest of the computers on my network. I installed IIS, scratched my head a bit, and then simply shared the hard disk and mapped it to the other computers. Am I missing an advantage that IIS offers? Note - the server is a file server containing all of my movies and mp3s which will be streamed to other computers on my network. [MH] |
What advantages does IIS offer over sharing a hard disk?
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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buzz 459 posts
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Registered 18 years agoIf you've shared the hard disk, and everything works the way you want it to, then everything's fine.
It was incase you wanted some fancy web application which could do searching for you etc.
Using IIS you could create a webapp which would display nicely on your Television. -
pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoYup what he said. TBH IIS is a completely nasty web-server and there are better ones around for nowt, but if it's for home and you're not exactly over-fussed about security, then sharing a drive's the way to go. As it goes you could probably knock up a nice little shared app in FLASH that would allow you to browse your files and stuff anyway..
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoAh, cheers.
That's what I'll want to do eventually, but for now I'll stick with simply sharing the drives. Thanks.
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Nuttah 1,840 posts
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Registered 18 years agoyou want to setup a ftp server for sharing files mike?
in which case dont even bother with iis ftp (its buggy as hell). download an app called bulletproof ftp. its fairly easy to setup (even for you) and simple enough to setup as a service with another little app called firedaemon -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoIs it really needed for use on an LAN?
Oh, and how does one setup Outlook on the server so that it will be possible to check multiple people's emails on different computers?
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThis is for home, right? Er, I think you need to get out more Mike 
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI'm poorly and CS is giving me a headache, so I'm messing around with this.
Plus when you've got a girlfriend who can't check her mail you'll understand!.gif)
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buzz 459 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI think you just add a new account in Outlook.
ANd the mail shoudl go into a separate Folder. -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoYeah that works Buzz, but what I was after was having all of the emails stored in a central location, so that if I'm using my PC, my Laptop or my PDA I'll still be able to view the same account (same emails, same address book etc. etc.)
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoHmmm sounds like you want your own Exchange server...!!!
Um, or you could go for some nice open-source POP3 software to run on your IIS server.
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skuzzbag 5,950 posts
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Registered 17 years agoIf your running a file server then all you need to do to allow people to map to it is give whatever folder you want accessable a share name, and then set the security for that folder so that people can read but not write. Unless you want them to have write access also.
Only give groups access to folders and then place people into the groups so they have access. Its a lot simpler if things grow suddenly!
By sharing the hard drive you do mean read only right?!
IIS is good for intranet use as you can use NT security all the way down the line (IIS, Network, SQL) so it makes managing an intranet a breeze. Piss easy to set up IMO. -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agopjmaybe wrote:
Exchange server! That's the fella!
Hmmm sounds like you want your own Exchange server...!!!
I'd rather stick with outlook as everything syncs with it.
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skuzzbag 5,950 posts
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Registered 17 years agoMike_Hunt wrote:
Plus when you've got a girlfriend who can't check her mail you'll understand!
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I understand, except its the wife who gets annoyed when she wants to check email and I have computer in bits (for no good reason as it turns out when she asks). -
Nemesis 20,312 posts
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Registered 20 years agoMike_Hunt wrote:
I've set up a server and I was advised by many people here to use IIS and configure it as an FTP server to share files with the rest of the computers on my network. I installed IIS, scratched my head a bit, and then simply shared the hard disk and mapped it to the other computers.
Am I missing an advantage that IIS offers?
Note - the server is a file server containing all of my movies and mp3s which will be streamed to other computers on my network.
[MH]
Whoa, Mike Hunt VPN pr0n!
linkage? -
pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoExchange Server's OK if you have a huge network with a lot of users, otherwise it's a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut.
You should be able to synch up your IIS server to poll whatever your GF's mail server at work is (assuming they don't mind people picking their mail up from outside).
If her work mail is running on a POP3 service, then you could probably save yourself a shitload of hassle by getting her a gmail/hotmail account and stuffing the POP3 server details into that, so she could read her mail at home using a browser..
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buzz 459 posts
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Registered 18 years agoMH, you can change the location of the personal folders file (.pst i think).
Share a directory on one of the PC's and mount it as a drive on every machine which you have outlook on.
e.g.
\\MyFileServer\outlookmail is mounted on Z:
Then point your outlook client at Z:\mypersonalfolder.pst for it's storage.
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoskuzzbag wrote:
Are you me and are you married to my girlfriend!?
Mike_Hunt wrote:
Plus when you've got a girlfriend who can't check her mail you'll understand!
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I understand, except its the wife who gets annoyed when she wants to check email and I have computer in bits (for no good reason as it turns out when she asks).
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agobuzz wrote:
If that's possible then that would work a treat! I'll give it a try. Thanks.
MH, you can change the location of the personal folders file (.pst i think).
Share a directory on one of the PC's and mount it as a drive on every machine which you have outlook on.
e.g.
\\MyFileServer\outlookmail is mounted on Z:
Then point your outlook client at Z:\mypersonalfolder.pst for it's storage.
-Buzz.
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Nuttah 1,840 posts
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Registered 18 years agoinstall a linux distro and be done with this crappy MS bollocks
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWell I'm going to dual boot the hard disk and slap linux on, but for the moment I want to figure out how to do it using an MS solution.
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eviltobz 2,609 posts
Registered 18 years agoNuttah wrote:
what, like all your linux installs running on our network huh?
install a linux distro and be done with this crappy MS bollocks
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Nuttah 1,840 posts
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what, like all your linux installs running on our network huh?
sorry what? i dont understand the word "our".
/hugs his own network
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Jos 712 posts
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Registered 20 years agoMike_Hunt wrote:
buzz wrote:
If that's possible then that would work a treat! I'll give it a try. Thanks.
MH, you can change the location of the personal folders file (.pst i think).
Share a directory on one of the PC's and mount it as a drive on every machine which you have outlook on.
e.g.
\\MyFileServer\outlookmail is mounted on Z:
Then point your outlook client at Z:\mypersonalfolder.pst for it's storage.
-Buzz.
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Yeah - have this set up at home. Does she log in as a seperate user on XP?(If on the same machine as you?) If so the specific outlook profile will store the account details but store the emails in the specified shared location. Then set up a rule to automatically send her files to a folder you have set up for her and she'll feel all special...
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eviltobz 2,609 posts
Registered 18 years agoeasy way to avoid the question there nutts.
/strokes 4 machines with unix based os's
/of which 2 have never been turned on, might not work, are ancient, and i don't know the root password or have any other accounts set up on them that i know about. -
Jos wrote:
Excellent work. I could get lucky tonight after all.
Yeah - have this set up at home. Does she log in as a seperate user on XP?(If on the same machine as you?) If so the specific outlook profile will store the account details but store the emails in the specified shared location. Then set up a rule to automatically send her files to a folder you have set up for her and she'll feel all special...
Edited by Jos at 17:47:08 25-01-2005
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