If you have a shell account somewhere you can probably create a publically accessible sub-dir via anonymous ftp. This is often the case on shell systems--admittedly rarer and rarer. Also, if everyone is on the same server, using /tmp is often available as well, though this won't meet the password requirment. On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi gang - > > This is off topic, but let me try anyway! :-) > > Does anyone know of a way I can share online space with another person so > that we can transfer files by FTP? I would like it to be password > protected (not public) and may need in the neighborhood of 50MB - worst > case. I was referred to two possibilities, www.idrive.com and > www.xdrive.com, but both of those sites require me to be using either > Internet Explorer or Netscape in a graphical environment, which I am not > willing to do. Checking with my ISP (a really smalltown operation) there > is no way I can extend access to my own storage space there without giving > the other person total access to my account - email and everything - and > then there is the possibility of simultaneous accessing. What I hope is > that there might be a service similar to the two I have mentioned, but one > which does not impose restrictions on the type of access packages that are > allowed. > > Any suggestions greatly appreciated. And now we return you to the > previously scheduled program already in progress! > > Chuck. > > > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > "One planet is all you get." > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Information Systems Research & Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina at afb.net
