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NOTE: Replace _[user]_ with the username under which the Dropbox folder is located.

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NOTE: Replace _[FQDN]_ with either your IP address or the hostname (or FQDN) which you'll be using to access the interface.

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NOTE: This HOWTO assumes that you will be running apache as the user 'apache' and that you have already set up your Dropbox account syncing to your /home/[user]/Dropbox folder

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To get Dropbox running with apache and extplorer you need to get the following packages:

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<pre>

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yum install php httpd

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</pre>

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Make the VirtualHost director and get permissions / groups correct:

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<pre>

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mkdir /var/www/dropbox

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chown apache:apache /var/www/apache

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usermod -aG [user] apache

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usermod -aG apache [user]

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Now create and populate an apache virtualhost config file:

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vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/dropbox.conf

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Populate it with the following text:

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NameVirtualHost *:80

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<VirtualHost *:80>

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        DocumentRoot "/var/www/files"

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        ServerName [FQDN]

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                <Directory "/var/www/files">

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                        allow from all

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                        Options +Indexes

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                        AuthType Basic

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                        AuthName "Dropbox"

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                        AuthUserFile /var/www/passwd

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                        Require valid-user

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                </Directory>

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</VirtualHost>

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Now add a username / password to access your interface via HTTP auth:

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htpasswd -cm /var/www/passwd yourusername

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chown apache.apache /var/www/passwd

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Make sure that apache has full group access to your Dropbox folder.

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chmod g+x /home/[user]

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chmod g+rw /home/[user]/Dropbox

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find /home/[user]/Dropbox -type d -exec chmod g+x {} \;

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Download the latest version of eXtplorer from http://extplorer.sourceforge.net/

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cd /var/www/files

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wget http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/extplorer/eXtplorer_2.0.1.zip

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unzip eXtplorer*.zip

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Check we haven't made any mistakes and set the services up:

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service httpd configtest

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service httpd restart

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chkconfig httpd on

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