[Forum] Asset Manager - Uploading from website

[Biker]

We're able to upload images normally (from local PC) just fine. However, whenever you attempt to upload via a website, the following error is received:

<www.globalaffairs.org>

The following errors occurred:

http://d2.stern.de/bilder/stern_5/re...e_735_490.jpg: Upload failed due to failure writing temporary file.

This is somewhat perplexing since normal uploading works just fine. Any ideas on where to start looking first?

[Biker]

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[Marco Mamdouh]

due to failure writing temporary file.

Seems Like the system can't write in the tmp folder make sure it's have 777 permissions.

[Biker]

So why would normal uploads work (from your PC) and uploads from a website not work?

[Lynne]

You probably have this checked when you upload from a website - Retrieve remote file and reference locally If you uncheck that box, then the upload will probably be fine. However, your issue is the /tmp directory. vB doesn't have permissions to write to it, so you need to fix that.

[F4Flake]

I had the same problem til I rectified the image options in the admincp.

I'd enabled imagemagik, but had refernced the file incorrectly.

[Biker]

OK. I still don't understand why a normal upload from the PC would work, yet uploading from a website doesn't.

And what "tmp" directory needs to be changed? /tmp on the server, /tmp under home, /tmp somewhere else? If it's /tmp at the server level (in other words, the tmp directory at the root level), it's already set to 777.

[Lynne]

Look under vboptions > server settings > safe mod enabled? Is it enabled? And then under Safe Moder Temp directory What do you have set there and is is chmod to 777?

Then there is Maintence > View PHP Info... look for /upload_tmp_dir Is that valid and chmod to 777?

[AntonLargiader]

Then there is Maintence > View PHP Info... look for /upload_tmp_dir Is that valid and chmod to 777?

I have 'none' there. I made a different tmp dir in the VB folder; do I still need the one set in php? I'm having the exact same problem - can upload a file but not link to a remote file.

[Biker]

Then there is Maintence > View PHP Info... look for /upload_tmp_dir Is that valid and chmod to 777?

Bingo! That was it. It wasn't defined. Much appreciated Lynne.

[Biker]

I have 'none' there. I made a different tmp dir in the VB folder; do I still need the one set in php? I'm having the exact same problem - can upload a file but not link to a remote file.

You will need to modify php.ini and set the upload_tmp_dir to something like /home/accountname/public_html/tmp and then chmod the directory to 777.

[AntonLargiader]

Done, and it works.

So, the 'graphics upload' test really isn't that helpful, if it doesn't detect a problem uploading from a remote site.

[Lynne]

Done, and it works.

So, the 'graphics upload' test really isn't that helpful, if it doesn't detect a problem uploading from a remote site.

This may be a good thing to put into the bug tracker as a Suggestion - a new Diagnostic to check uploading from a remote site.

[Biker]

That's what had me so perplexed. Normal uploads would work if uploading from a PC, yet remote sites didn't work. One would think it would operate under the same principle. **scratching head**

[freestyle]

This just happened to me on this site.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/usercp.php