Php Sockets

Anon

i have one question, my teacher assign me this project:

i have to comunicate 2 clients through a web server(for a intranet), and i have to share files between clients, but i can't develope applications in any other languaje(perl,c), only the client browser and the web server, for example:

-i'm 192.168.8.10 and the web servers is 192.168.8.9 and is a type c sub-net, i'm enter on the web server, and the web server send a broadcast message, the web server retrieve me the list of machines on the sub-net, and i can get a list of the directories an files for each machine,
the clients don't have web server, is a common machine.

i think this is not posible, but with the sockets is one way, can you believe this is possible?

Anon

You'll need to offer a few more specifics before anyone will be able to assist you...

First, when you say 'clients', do you mean the client originating the request, or the machines being queried for directories/files?

"the clients don't have web server, is a common machine."

Second, what type of file sharing is being used on the machines being queried for directories/files? You could either be referring to a file sharing or ftp architecture...the difference is important. Either way, however, sockets will do the job of enumerating directory/file lists. Look up "fopen" and related commands for doing so.

Third, if you're trying to scan a local network, I would use a simple "for" statement to build a list of ip addresses and scan each one for a particular port(s).

Like I said, the more information that is offered, the more information you will receive.

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Not possible without running a filesharing service on the clients, and not possible wthout knowing how to access the shared directories already. In short: the webserver should already know where to find the files and how to access them, without a special service the clients cannot tell the webserver where to find the files.