Josh Koffman wrote:
> Hi all. I have a problem I've never had to solve before. I've been
> asked to help setup a file repository that will work with both Mac and
> PC clients. Based on my guesses at the competence level of the users,
> something simple would probably be best. Based on the available
> hardware and software I have at my disposal, it will likely have to be
> Windows XP based. Yes, I know this would be easier on Linux, I just
> can't do that at the moment.
>
> What I'd ideally love is essentially some sort of web based ftp
> server. Users type in the IP of the server machine and are presented
> with a directory listing. From there they can navigate around and
> download individual files or complete directories. Essentially I'd
> love it if there was a way to mimic native folder access to things on
> a remote drive. I feel the users of both Windows and OSX could
> understand that, and drag and drop is pretty self explanatory now.
>
> Anyway, all ideas are welcome. I'm not sure what the best method for
> this is, and I'm unfortunately not a web programmer so I can't make my
> own way!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>   
mac can browse windows folder shares.
If you just want them to be able to download stuff like a web site, 
install a web server and make its "root" directory the file share location
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