Hi,

I have a (imho bizarre) problem with the downloads:

On http://forum.dutchjoomla.org/local_links.php?catid=3 you can see 5 different downloads. Administrators can download all files, but registered users can only download 'Taalbestanden backend' but are restricted to the download of all other files (while the should be able to download them all).
When I try to download the files directly (putting the adress of the files in the browser instead of trying it through the above page), there's no problem en the download goes as usual. I checked the permissions on the files and tried to find any difference between the file that c?n be downloaded by users and the others, but I cannot find any difference. The "can_access_link" option is enabled for all registered users, for all files (I use the same permission settings for the whole download section).

All files on the server are CHMOD 0644

I tried deleting te files and adding the same ones again, but that has failed as well...

I then searched the database table 'local_linkslink' and in the column 'linkforum' I found that all files have the number -999, except for the 4 files that cannot be downloaded bij normal users. To me, this seems to be causing the problem. Can anyone explain to me how to fix this (exept for just changing it in the database which is just a fix, no solution).

Thanks in advance!

LDM has a VB forum-based permissions system built into it, and your problem is related to this.

Every entry and category has an 'associated forum' held in linkforum column (and catforum columns in the linkscat table). Users are only allowed access to an LDM entry/category when they have *both* can view forum and can view other's threads permission to the corresponding forum.

Values of -999 tell LDM that these entries are 'open', i.e. only LDM's own permissions are used, not the forum-based method.

When there is another value, LDM checks the access permissions for your corresponding VB forum.

The forum association is set explicitly on the 'add/edit entry/category' form by users who have LDM's *can_set_permissions* permission. These users see a drop-down list of your VB forums, and can accept the default associated forum, select another forum of choice, or assign the 'open access' value. New entries from other users always take the default value. The default value for categories is set on the main LDM admin settings page (default_forumid); the default value for entries is the value for the category in which they are being placed.

So, I think you have created four entries which are associated with a forum that has restricted user access. You can correct it by editing these entries and changing the associated forum to 'Open Access'.

Let me know if this does not solve the problem.

This is not a small task...

Hi!
@AndrewD: Any news about release 2.2.7?
Thanks
PD: Did you read my PM? Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestion - this was not possible before, but it is easy to add, and will be available in the next upload of version 2.2.7 (the release candidate).

Basically, there will be a new per-usergroup, per-category permission, called *can_bypass_bandwidth_limits*. So you will be able to set overall limits on bandwidth use, and then turn it off for all but your two categories of interest.

Note that the calculation will be based on the *total* consumption from those two categories. It is not straightforward to change the code to allow different bandwidth usage per category.

I've looked into this several times.

It is not possible to provide an upload status indicator with php versions earlier than 5.2.0. You can do this with a mixed php/perl approach, but I'm not sure I want to start learning all the consequences.

Php 5.2.0, released late in 2006, has hooks built in to enable monitoring of uploads. I've tested this using a stand-alone program, and it works. However, the hooks are only accessible if you also install and use the APC (advanced cache) system for php on your server. I've found that this works fine on production boards but creates problems if any code is unstable.

So my advice for the time being is 'lets not rush this'. When the basic php software becomes more robust, I'll be happy to add an upload meter.

The 2.2.7 RC will be uploaded in a day or so - I've just got back home. New in that code will be a 'suggest other entries I might like', which uses the downloads/favourites/keywords tables - it will need testing, but I hope it might work like Amazon's 'other users bought this' recommendation system.

Just read your PM and will reply soon.

Thanks, that clears up some things, I do think that was the problem, thx!

That looks ok to me. Are you sure that you've got the correct category ids (the 156)?

Welcome back Andrew! :)

Did u have a nice vacation? :D