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I am looking for suggestions as to how to provide a couple dozen users with file space to share mainly Microsoft Office documents and PDFs with each other.
These are not AD users, and I have no intention to set up AD either. All of the users are running Windows XP Pro or Vista.
What I would like to accomplish is that the passwords to access the shared filesystem are not transmitted in clear text over the network. I do believe that is the case with Samba, I don't know how it is for NFS, and I am certain that the WebDAV password transmittal is encrypted.
I would also like users to have the ability to reset their password, and that the new password will conform to a certain spec (strength) so that no trivial passwords are used. I realize that this will require some coding one way or another, but based on your experience this may be easier for some of the shared file systems.
I also have the capability to set up a Sharepoint server, although I have no experience with Sharepoint, and it may just be overkill (also considering that AD is not desirable, yet probably something that makes Sharepoint easier).
Any suggestions?
These are not AD users, and I have no intention to set up AD either. All of the users are running Windows XP Pro or Vista.
What I would like to accomplish is that the passwords to access the shared filesystem are not transmitted in clear text over the network. I do believe that is the case with Samba, I don't know how it is for NFS, and I am certain that the WebDAV password transmittal is encrypted.
I would also like users to have the ability to reset their password, and that the new password will conform to a certain spec (strength) so that no trivial passwords are used. I realize that this will require some coding one way or another, but based on your experience this may be easier for some of the shared file systems.
I also have the capability to set up a Sharepoint server, although I have no experience with Sharepoint, and it may just be overkill (also considering that AD is not desirable, yet probably something that makes Sharepoint easier).
Any suggestions?