On 1 May 2006, at 12:06, mediawiki-l-request@Wikimedia.org wrote:

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Hi to all the experts here,

I am running a wikimedia server at http://www.oriredler.com

For some reason, unknown to me, WM stopped allowing me to upload files. Any image file I try to upload, including files formerly uploaded to my server, is invariably ending with a "uploadcorrupt" message and the upload does not come through.

I did not change on my own accord any of the parameters. The last changes are: A. Switched database server a few weeks ago (did not upload images since). B. Upgraded to MW 1.6.3 C. Installed the "cite.php" extension a few days ago.

None of those should affect the uploads, in my view.

Any advise on this?

Ori Redler

I had a similar experience, mine turned out that my hosting provider had turned on PHP's open_basedir restrictions. You might check that and the other PHP security settings.

Peter

Thank you Peter (and Brion Vibber earlier): Your suggestions were both prompt and to the point.

Peter's advice here led me in the right direction: it was indeed an open_basedir problem. The only actual change was the one recommended by the PHPMyAdmin documentation: "all you have to do is create a 'tmp' directory under the phpMyAdmin install directory, with permissions 777 and the same owner as the owner of your phpMyAdmin directory. The uploaded files will be moved there, and after execution of your SQL commands, removed." I think that's something anyone in this situation can probably apply him/herself.

Thanks for the help again.

Ori