uploading to ftp site for students and the like

[Alan Jackson]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 07:16:02 -0500
John Voigt <jvoigt at reclamation.dnr.state.in.us> wrote:

> On 12/09/2003 10:26 PM, Joel Hammer wrote:
> 
> > Just some ramblings.
> > 
> > I have seen from time to time people asking how they can set up an
> > ftp site so students and their ilk can upload homework but others
> > can't see it or erase it or whatever.
> > 

Back in the dark ages when I use AOL, I recall that my personal space
had a directory for anonymous ftp. Anyone could put stuff in it, but
only I could log on and erase it. And no one could read it either. 
A write-only directory?

Seems like you could do it with a little CGI script that did file uploads,
and password protect the directory. That would also allow you to handle
other issues (what if everyone named their file "homework_1"?, who
did it come from? etc). You could trap the originating IP address, and
other info, give the file a unique name, and what ever else you want
in a cgi script. 

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