[Mediawiki-l] Uploading images suddenly denied

[Wiki Master]

On Apr 29, 2006, at 12:56 PM, RedleX wrote:

> 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