Hello everyone,

I would like to set up a Linux based file server accessible for Linux,
Windows and Mac clients. The administration shall be done remotely
(web based GUI on a client machine) using Perl scripts. The Perl
scripts must be able to:

- add and remove directories on the server (that's not the problem)
- add and remove users (username & password -> problem)
- set access rights for the created directories (-> also a problem)

My questions:

- To add users that shall be able to access the fileserver, do I have to
create 'real' unix user accounts, or can I use something like the
'.htaccess' users as used by Apache (users in .htaccess files can
only access web directories via Apache, they don't have any other
rights on the server). I would prefer such a solution to limit what
people with a fileserver account can do on the server.

- How can I tell my Linux box that only certain users shall have
access to a certain directory? Can I do this using something
similar to '.htaccess' / '.htpasswd' ? Or what services do I have
to use?

- Do the scripts need root privileges to do all this, or is this
feasable running as Apache CGI script?

- And my last questions: are there any CPAN modules or something
alike to help me realize such an administration tool - or - is there
any freely available software capable of such things (should be
Perl though).

Best regards,
Jos Kirps

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