[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by nighthalk

is this question that hard to answer that noone using it can answer?

It's not hard to answer. The problem is that I have other things to do, like a full time job :knockedout:

Answer depends partly on what we both mean by "turn off downloads".

Basic behaviour of LDM:

- If an entry has a filetype that appears in your VB/attachments/filetypes table, it is considered a "download". Otherwise it is considered a "link". By default, LDM accesses links by triggering a browser "redirect", and manages downloads by internally reading the contents of the entry and then transmitting the contents to the user, together with the correct control information so that the user's browser does something sensible.

- The entries that LDM manages can be created either by specifying URLs or as uploads. Uploads always turn into downloads. URLs may be links or downloads depending on the filetype. e.g. xxx.html is probably a link, and xxx.pdf is probably a download

So:

- If you do not want your users uploading onto your server, the answer is to turn off uploads. But, by default, these are turned off anyway. Take a look at the LDM/admin/settings/Controls on File Uploads

- If you mean you do not want LDM to internally manage the transfer of 'download' files, then set LDM/admin/settings/force_redirect to 1.

- If you want to 'fine tune' which users can create entries, use the combination of LDM/admin/permissions/can_add_link, can_link_files, can_upload_files

- If you want to limit which file types are treated as 'downloads', take a look at your VB/admincp/attachments/filetypes