Download Manger Upload Fail

[HarrisonLILY]

I have been trying to setup my site and after fighting with the pecl mailparser which i finally got working I now seem to be unable to upload files via the download manager.

 

It keeps giving me the error The file could not be written.

 

I think this must be a permissions or missing folder thing but can not for the life of me find any info on how to configure that?

 

if someone could help be most grateful

 

cheers

[Tyson]

Make sure the uploads directory is writable, as defined under [settings] -> [system] -> [General] -> [basic]. It should contain the absolute path to that directory.

[HarrisonLILY]

thanks for the swift reply

 

i have managed to get the green tick now

 

but it still give me the error?

 

 

any ideas?

 

cheers

[Tyson]

Check your filesystem, and make sure that /uploads/1/download_files/ exists and is writable. The Dowload Manager saves files into that directory, but the permissions may not be correct.

[HarrisonLILY]

thanks for all your help i seem to have got it working now using permissions 777, which is not something i usually like to do as always concerns me leaving a folder writable to everyone!

 

but seems to prevent unwanted downloading which is what i wanted.

 

thanks again

[Michael]

thanks for all your help i seem to have got it working now using permissions 777, which is not something i usually like to do as always concerns me leaving a folder writable to everyone!

 

but seems to prevent unwanted downloading which is what i wanted.

 

thanks again

 

You can move it outside the public_html directory. for example:  /home/username/uploads/

[HarrisonLILY]

You can move it outside the public_html directory. for example:  /home/username/uploads/

 

i was thinking about that last night but was too tired to bother, will give it a go later 

 

thanks