[XCSSA] What do I need to do this?

[xcssa@xcssa.org]

On Monday 01 May 2006 07:59 pm, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
>     I want family to be able to view photos, videos, and then if they
> choose download them to there computer via web browser for printing,
> manipulation in photo program for printing etc. 

Yeah.. the built in web server in that NAS drive enclosure should do that.  
Not sure about the authentication login.. but I read something about that in 
the description.


> Want them to have to log in 
> with a password. 

Right.. You should NEVER just have a wide open password for photo access.

Password protecting a simple web-URL will look like this to the end user:
	http://theweeks.org/tmp/DEMUX/

Although I'm not sure which auth method that NAS drive system uses (given that 
it's probably NOT using apache.. but something like boa or thttpd).


> Don't want them to be able to alter the original files on 
> the network drive.

Right.. standard httpd implementation won't allow file writing.. just reading 
(serving).


Contrary to some of the other posts.. I don't recommend using:

-Third Party Photo Hosting
Places like WalMart or Flicker.  I (personally) don't like giving my personal 
photo albums to a third party.  That just doesn't jive for me.  Typically... 
those services are free.. and since you get what you pay for.. if their 
system ever went belly up, they really owe you nothing.  Not no mention that 
I would not ever feel "Safe" about posting personal photos that I didn't want 
anyone else to see.. no guarantees.  no real security.  Some here will 
probably argue my points.. but that's fine. :)

NOTE: Flicker is not /just/ a photo share.. it's more of a "community" that 
allows you to tie your content to other like minded people... Kind of cool 
for that.. But I don't like it for a pure family photo album.

-Gallery Applications
While server side photo apps like Gallery are indeed very cool and really nice 
to use, they are web apps and are known for being exploitable.  Unless you're 
planning on keeping it tightly locked down and regularly patched, then don't 
mess with it.  (this wouldn't work on your NAS drive anyway since it's web 
service is flah-boot based. (without significant hacking anyway))


What I DO prefer is static flat file HTML that's simple to create and upload.  
I use a client side thumbnailing and HTML page creator built into the 
Linux/KDE browser (Konqueror) called the "Create Image Gallery", where you 
point the browser to a directory of your pics.. feed it a "comments.txt" file 
that will create a nice formatted photo web page with comments.  Much as I 
did with some of the XCSSA photos:
	http://xcssa.org/photos/misc-2003-09-15/

More info on this very cool feature here:
	http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/8663/print

Pretty sweet... and you could just drag and drop this HTML-ized photo share 
over to your NAS unit's web share dir.. set up the password protection.. 
boom.. done.


Tweeks