There are some file types that the Wiki developers considered too dangerous to allow to upload. So they're not allowed even if you think you've configured it to "allow everything". I don't know enough to defend or criticize this decision, but I assume the developers know what they're doing.
This includes Open Office files. I'll bet it includes anything with XML.
I designated a place covered by an apache server to place such files, then defined a template to take the file name & convert it to the appropriate link. That way, if I move the location, I can just update the template. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haim (Howard) Roman Computer Center, Jerusalem College of Technology Phone: 052-8-592-599 (6022 from within Machon Lev)
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:58, Peter Velan pv0001@dynapic.net wrote:
I have problems to upload some types of files
LocalSettings.php:
$wgCheckFileExtensions = false; $wgStrictFileExtensions = false; $wgVerifyMimeType = false; $wgFileExtensions = array( '7z', 'zip', 'rar', 'exe', 'gif', 'jpeg', 'jpg', 'png', 'odp', 'ods', 'odt', 'pdf' );
I could upload 'gif', 'jpg', 'png', 'pdf', 'ods', 'odt' ... etc. but not 'exe' and some times 'zip'
Every attempt to upload an .exe gives an error
"„.exe“ ist ein nicht erlaubtes Dateiformat. Erlaubt sind die Dateiformate: 7z, zip, rar, exe, gif, jpeg, jpg, png, odp, ods, odt, pdf."
works: rac-exe.zip rac.odt.zip rac.ods.odt.odt rac.ods.zip.odt
works *not*: rac.exe -- reports „.exe“ not allowed rac.exe.zip -- reports „.zip“ not allowed rac.ods.exe.odt -- reports „.odt“ not allowed
Why does MW checks extensions if I explicitly say "$wgCheckFileExtensions = false"?
It seems that a file with an an embedded "exe" part could not be uploaded!
Thanks for any hint, Peter