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.
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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(a)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