[ZendTo] Re: Per-user library

[Artyom Aleksandrov]

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Jules <Jules at zend.to> wrote:

>
> On 08/01/2013 15:05, Achim J. Latz wrote:
> > Hello list:
> >
> > On 08/01/2013 15:16, Achim J. Latz wrote:
> >> I had not realised that; creating a USERNAME folder below library indeed
> >> restricts the user to selecting files from that particular folder.
> >>
> >> Now I just have to figure out the WebDAV side, as you pointed out.
> > After adding this to 000-zendto (just above the <Location /library> tag):
> >
> >       RewriteEngine On
> >       BrowserMatch "^WebDAVLib/1.*" redirect-carefully
> >       RewriteCond %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} (.+)
> >       RewriteRule ^/library(.*) /var/zendto/library/%1$1
> Cool!
>
> Also note that in the UI if you have per-user directories and a user
> doesn't have a directory, they get the global top-level files if there
> are any, and they don't get shown the option of selecting a file at all
> if there aren't any files there. So you can just implement the library
> for those users who need it, without confusing all the rest of your
> users who won't understand it.
> >
> > users can connect via WebDAV to zendto.domain.tld and see only their
> > specific sub-folder.
> >
> > The only remaining challenge is to auto-generate the user-specific
> > folders, otherwise Apache returns a 404 during the first (WebDAV) log-in
> > attempt, beacuse the user's folder does not exist... any ideas?
> Sorry, not a clue. Way beyond my Apache abilities (which are very
> limited, as you can probably tell :-)
> Can you script what happens as it processes a .htaccess? Some sort an
> option that causes a script to run?
>

Hi, I hope it help you.

http://forums.devshed.com/apache-development-15/do-something-different-if-one-directory-exists-turn-off-re-writing-626439.html


> >
> > Jules, would it also be possible to make the search for library files to
> > show in the drop-down menu recursive? At the moment, only the top level
> > of any hierarchy is shown.
> Possible, yes. Do you want them to be shown in the UI with the directory
> name and / separator?
> >
> > It would be very handy to be able to create sub-folders and select files
> > contained in those sub-folders as well (e.g.
> > /var/zendto/library/user at domain.tld/project_1 and
> > /var/zendto/library/user at domain.tld/project_2, as opposed to
> > /var/zendto/library/user at domain.tld/ ONLY at the moment).
> The snag is that it will need to show the subdirectories for user
> folders, but not for the global list. As the folders off that *are* the
> users. Bit messy...
>
> Jules
>
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