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What I'd like to see is an easy-to-set up way to run my own version of Dropbox on a small server in my own home. It needs to have a web interface, not just rsy

by jgfoot 15y ago

What I'd like to see is an easy-to-set up way to run my own version of Dropbox on a small server in my own home. It needs to have a web interface, not just rsync, because a lot of people (like me) don't have access to anything remotely like rsync on our work machines.

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mtogo 15y ago
> don't have access to anything remotely like rsync What...? Why not?
- jgfoot 15y ago
  I am an employee in a non-technical position working in a locked-down environment with (appropriately) paranoid IT staff. The only applications on my work computer that can talk to the Internet are a mail client and a web browser. There are millions of me.
  - reemrevnivek 15y ago
    So you're saying that you expect an application in your browser to reach down and monitor, upload, and download gigabytes of data to your filesystem? Your appropriately paranoid IT staff would collapse in convulsions of terror if this were possible. Fortunately, it's not. The reason Dropbox (and rsync, and lipsync) are native apps isn't because the developers are unaware that there are people in locked down environment and need a browser-based tool, it's because the apps need to be native.
    - ceejayoz 15y ago
      I think he's saying that it'd be nice to have a web interface for getting/putting one or two files on machines that can't have the client installed. Dropbox has this.
      - drivingmenuts 15y ago
        At which point, his (appropriately) paranoid IT staff should give him full-time access to his files by way of a visit to HR and a final paycheck. IT has the machines locked down for a reason.
        ceejayoz 15y ago
        Installing rsync and uploading a file to Dropbox's web interface are significantly different actions. The install restrictions might not be to prevent offsite transfer of files - it might just be to prevent people from installing AIM and trojan horses.
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rlf 15y ago
Doesn't having it in your own home kind of defeat the purpose? What? One side of your house will burn to the ground while the other won't?
siong1987 15y ago
http://www.pogoplug.com/mobile/ http://www.pogoplug.com/mobile/ It doesn't have folder sync. But, a web interface.

by jgfoot 15y ago

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mtogo 15y ago

> don't have access to anything remotely like rsync What...? Why not?

jgfoot 15y ago
I am an employee in a non-technical position working in a locked-down environment with (appropriately) paranoid IT staff. The only applications on my work computer that can talk to the Internet are a mail client and a web browser. There are millions of me.
- reemrevnivek 15y ago
  So you're saying that you expect an application in your browser to reach down and monitor, upload, and download gigabytes of data to your filesystem? Your appropriately paranoid IT staff would collapse in convulsions of terror if this were possible. Fortunately, it's not. The reason Dropbox (and rsync, and lipsync) are native apps isn't because the developers are unaware that there are people in locked down environment and need a browser-based tool, it's because the apps need to be native.
  - ceejayoz 15y ago
    I think he's saying that it'd be nice to have a web interface for getting/putting one or two files on machines that can't have the client installed. Dropbox has this.
    - drivingmenuts 15y ago
      At which point, his (appropriately) paranoid IT staff should give him full-time access to his files by way of a visit to HR and a final paycheck. IT has the machines locked down for a reason.
      - ceejayoz 15y ago
        Installing rsync and uploading a file to Dropbox's web interface are significantly different actions. The install restrictions might not be to prevent offsite transfer of files - it might just be to prevent people from installing AIM and trojan horses.
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rlf 15y ago

Doesn't having it in your own home kind of defeat the purpose? What? One side of your house will burn to the ground while the other won't?

siong1987 15y ago

http://www.pogoplug.com/mobile/ http://www.pogoplug.com/mobile/ It doesn't have folder sync. But, a web interface.