Hello,
Situation: ####### i am running several wiki instances (mediawiki 1.10 on ubuntu-server) inside a local / private network. all wikis are accessable via:
http://my.local.ip.here/wikis/wiki_name/
All wikis do have file-upload enabled but limited regarding file-types and size for sure. The uploaded files using wiki's upload function end up in:
http://my.local.ip.here/wikis/wiki_name/images/%220-9 & a-f" << guess default behaviour
Task: ##### Users of one of my wikis want to be able to upload larger files to the wiki, i.e. Install-Packages of apps they are using etc... As i dont think it is a good idea to use wikis upload function for larger files (> 100/200MB) i think we do need another solution
Idea: #### * Setup an SMB share on the wiki-server * Users can upload the desired files into that smb-share from all platforms (linux, windows, macs) without problem * Cron-Script checks this smb-share periodicaly to import those files into the wiki using /maintenance/importImages.php http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:ImportImages.php * Cron-Script removes the files from the smb-share-folder * Optional: write notice-mail to the user.
Question: ####### * Experiences with such a setup ? * Any hints & tricks i should know * Any known problem using this idea ? * Better ideas ?
Any feedback & hint is appreciated Best regards Florian
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