[plug] Distributed files systems (AFS)

[rpowersau at gmail.com]

On 9/8/05, W.Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Not from what I can see: iFolder looks like a novell only thing. (just
> did a quick google as I have not heard of it before)
> 
> http://www.webdav.org/
> 
> Basicly you can Use WebDAV via an apache server (or IIS, or ...) to
> manage files on a server.  It has extensions that give it limited RCS
> like capabilities, but most of the cases I have come across (WebCT,
> subversion and others) just seem to use it as a network filesystem and
> dont use the extensions.  WebDAV is very widely used from what I can
> see.

Yeah, you can use it with apache and Mozilla Calendar for sharing a
calendar. It allows more than one person to read and write to the same
calendar. Very handy.


> 
> BillK
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 11:24 +0800, Senectus . wrote:
> > On 9/8/05, W.Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > > This is where WebDAV and network filesystems shine: they move the
> > > administrative overhead to where the skills are available (server end)
> > > and policies can be enforced and not be exposed to subversion or the
> > > network exposed to virii/worms and the like.
> > >
> > So webDAV is an iFolder type thing is it?
> >
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Regards,
Russ