[afnog] Looking for Open Source Solution

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Hi Jp,

Easiest "sharepoint" equivalent an dbetter is kerio workspace.

Free version allows upto 10GB of shared storage.

http://workspace.demo.kerio.com


On 12/19/11, JP Viljoen <froztbyte at froztbyte.net> wrote:
>
>  On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:23:06 -0800 (PST), ANTHONY GESASE
>  <anthonygesase at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi ,
>>
>> I am looking for an open source solution to the following.
>>
>> 	* windows (windows 7)users logs into a domain (windows server 2008),
>> there is shared drive where by each department has its own folder
>> (but
>> there are users who have access to more than one folder belonging to
>> different departments)
>> 	* users create folders (i.e research, events, publications, outreach
>> ... ) but some times finds it difficult to locate documents they
>> initially created, and ends up creating duplicates.
>>
>> 	* Ideally , i would like to restrict users from creating duplicates,
>> but be able to organise their files and folders in a best way that
>> could enable them find documents/files they are looking for.
>>
>> Is there any open source solution ( running linux ) that could solve
>> this problem?
>
>  The first thing you look for is called a Primary Domain Controller, and
>  a quick search for 'samba pdc' turned up TurnkeyLinux[0]. I haven't
>  tested it before, but the feature listing seems to have everything you'd
>  want.
>
>  The second set of options you want is something like Sharepoint? There
>  are various ways you could approach this problem, each way influenced by
>  your requirements and how people work with documentation in your
>  organization. Practically you could perhaps get away with as little as
>  KnowledgeTree[1], or you may want as much as provided by Mindtouch[2].
>  I'd strongly suggest doing some reading about Document Management
>  Systems to see which can work for you. As is often the case, Wikipedia
>  has a listing[3] which may start you off well.
>
>  -J
>
>  [0] - http://www.turnkeylinux.org/domain-controller
>  [1] - http://knowledgetree.com/
>  [2] - http://www.mindtouch.com/
>  [3] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collaborative_software
>
>
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