[wp-testers] uploading jpgs to end of file

[Bill Nickerson]

Hi Ron

When you say you can 'upload all day long right to the specific
directory' I assume you're talking about using ftp or your hosting admin
tools (cPanel or whatever).  They may be running as a different user
than the WP install, so you could have permission errors that affect WP
that don't affect ftp or other tools.  I'd recommend checking the
permissions on the upload directory and opening them up wider.  Then see
if you can do an upload.

If that works, check the user and group name associated with the
uploaded file and compare that to the user and group of the directory. 
You may find they are different and that could be the issue.  You'll
need to change the permissions back afterward to keep it secure, but
changing the ownership of the directory to the same user that the WP
install is running as may be the solution.

Hopefully that is helpful, but there may be other issues as well.  Good
luck.
    Bill

On 10/06/2010 4:31 PM, Administrator wrote:
> Hi Christine,
>
> There is no "offending photo" per se.  I can't upload anything to the
> media libraries via the dashboard Add New.  I'm getting a "failure to
> write to disc" error when I try it from uploading to as a post
> attachment.  If I go to media library and add new and try to upload I
> get a message that says "file attachment failed".  Well that's
> certainly a problem when I'm uploading to the Media Library because it
> should be just registering the upload as unattached.  Now why it fails
> to write to disc, I don't know how that could be a directly correct
> error report as I can upload all day long right to the specific
> directory I want, so it's not a server rejection issue.  It has to be
> in the code since with 2010 theme we're uploading 2 subdirs deeper
> that what we used to.  The site is www.hawaiisportsrap.com and
> although I've made a few changes to textarea font sizing, there's
> nothing I've added that should interfere with mediafile uploads. 
> Please feel free to tell me what ya think.  I've seen literally no
> attention paid to this and I'd think it was an important issue
> regarding the stability of the release.  I've been in software quality
> assurance and control for much more complex products but not for open
> source stuff that people are developing basically to be given away.
>
> Thanks for responding
> Ron
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Evron"
> <christine at tstone.biz>
> To: <rontekadmin at hawaiisportsrap.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:45 AM
> Subject: uploading jpgs to end of file
>
>
>> I've uploaded 50+ photos all over my posts & haven't run into an upload
>> problem yet. Mine tend to be small < 500k max. If you have a link to
>> a site
>> with the offending photo or want to email it to me I can try on my
>> system.
>> (email to Christine at EverydayDisasters.com)
>> regards,
>> Christine
>>
>>
>
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