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I need to set up a fileserver that can be accessed easily via the internet, as well as on a local lan. My requirements are pretty basic, and I'd usually use Samba internally, except I've got three offices that need access to the files on this system. Most importantly, I need two things. - The ability to easily create/remove users with different shares - Locking Word/Excel documents whenever a user has opened one, even over the internet. The company isn't interested in spending money, so I'm trying to brainstorm using the internet connection + server equipment that I already have. I installed ownCloud to our server and it seemed to function, but cloud-based solutions aren't viable for us, as they're consuming too much download quota on mobile whenever someone leaves the office. There's also the conflict-version on documents that continues to occur. I'm also going to be backing up to Amazon S3. Is there a way to use that direct? Any ideas would be appreciated. 
SpaceAceJase fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Apr 2, 2015 |
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Apr 2, 2015 02:16
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The version conflict problem is "solved" by checking documents in and out of Sharepoint or some other document management thing. It will require user training and money. Nothing else will do.
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Apr 2, 2015 04:45
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You really don't want to expose samba to the internet without some kind of extra security like vpn for example.
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May 15, 2015 23:37
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Alfresco or any of the many DMS alternatives, suggest finding one that talks CMIS which has native support in various Office clients.
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May 16, 2015 02:15
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For private use I tunnel samba over SSH which is easy enough to do. You could set up a server at the remote office running an SSH client to connect to as server at your main office to tunnel the relevant ports over. This will of course require that you always keep the SSH connection up so maybe use something like AutoSSH to help you do that. When that is said, I am not sure I would recommend this for work use, but it is free and very simple to get up and running.
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