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Julie
We have a user who wants to share an editable spreadsheet on
their web server (IIS5) with others over the internet. So we placed
a spreadsheet file in the FTP directory, established FTP accounts for
the users, and they can open the spreadsheet by opening the FQDN
(ftp://domain.com/file.xls)
The problem is that when they open the file this way, the file is locked
only for the duration of the FTP data transfer to the client, after which
it is freed. A second person can come along and open, change, and
save the file while the first one has it open (on their remote machine)
and making changes.
Does anyone have any suggestions about how to deal with this?
Is there any way, short of changing to a VPN connection for the
clients, that would give us file locking during an FTP session?
Thanks.
their web server (IIS5) with others over the internet. So we placed
a spreadsheet file in the FTP directory, established FTP accounts for
the users, and they can open the spreadsheet by opening the FQDN
(ftp://domain.com/file.xls)
The problem is that when they open the file this way, the file is locked
only for the duration of the FTP data transfer to the client, after which
it is freed. A second person can come along and open, change, and
save the file while the first one has it open (on their remote machine)
and making changes.
Does anyone have any suggestions about how to deal with this?
Is there any way, short of changing to a VPN connection for the
clients, that would give us file locking during an FTP session?
Thanks.