Software distribution from web server to client using PHP/FTP
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I develop and maintain a number of add-ons and utilities for various widget (mainly aMember) which generally means I need to install php based codes onto other people's systems. Whilst I have a VPS and have access to rsync and all sorts of yummy tools most of the people I deal with have a basic ftp access and that's all folks. To upload from my local system is also a problem as I am satellite based (two-way) so it is fairly slow and expensive and in any case the files are already on my server.
So there is no rsync, fxp, ssh and I can't really install anything as it is obviously not my system, they would be justifiably miffed if I started installing file managers or other things onto their sites.
What I have been trying to find is a utility that I can run on my server from the web, preferably php based, that will be like a file manager but a bit different.
Two panels.
LH-Side the local server .. pretty much like a standard FM application
RH-Side ability to login via FTP to the clients system
Then I can fiddle as required.
The closest thing I have found is net2ftp but it doesn't have the gui interface, at the moment I simply ssh into my server power up ncftp and run that way, but something easier to use would be mucho niceness.
Thanks in advance!
Larry
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