About HTTP Commander
Note! You have downloaded "Windows authentication" version. It is designed to work with existing Windows server or Active Directory accounts and Windows authentication. If you want to create accounts by yourself and store their credentials in your own HTTP Commander database, you need to download "Forms authentication" version!
This documentation is for Windows authentication version only!
HTTP Commander is a web file manager known since 2002. It's a file upload and a web file sharing solution. This software is intended for fast and easy integration into Windows web sites functionality of file sharing and management on a server through a web browser over HTTP.
Its interface looks the same as Windows File Explorer. Users can work remotely with personal or shared folders stored on a server.
It is installed on Windows server but can be integrated to any site: Unix or Windows, PHP or ASP.NEt or without dynamic content. It supports all popular browsers and OS on client side.
The HTTP Commander supports both Forms authentication and Windows authentication (Windows and Active Directory users). It can also be used without any authentication.
The HTTP Commander for Windows authentication is a special edition designed for secure NTLM authentication and it can authorize users based on their group membership automatically.
HTTP Commander features:
- Provides access to files for Intranet and Internet (from home PC) users.
- Supports WebDav (mapping web folder to local OS).
- Supports online edit via Microsoft office and free OpenOffice.org.
- Supports existing NTFS permissions to the folders therefor you don't need to modify existing permissions. The application doesn't allow the actions that are prohibited by NTFS for a user or a group.
- Provides access to Active Directory users home folders, local server folders, remote UNC folders (like \\server\foldername\) and DFS folders (like \\domain\DFSfolder) and supports file related solutions like ABE (Access based enumerations), NAS, etc.
- Can be installed on any server: inside Active Directory (domain controller or not) or without Active Directory or inside DMZ.
- Supports Basic and Windows integrated authentication.
- Reads logon user group membership so the access to folders can be provided for a whole group.
- Supports mobile devices (smartphones)
To install HTTP Commander, first check System requirements and then see Application Install section: for Windows 2008 (IIS 7 and 7.5) or Windows 2003 (IIS 6) .