[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

ok, I was able to locate the setting in the database and remove it so that now in the administration it shows local file root is set to no and there is no local file root prefix, however I still get this message even though the directory does exist:

Are you sure that you no longer need to define document_root? The new error message is saying that it thinks the directory /forum/files is really a base level directory on your server, when I think you want it to be relative to the web site.

When you change local_file_root, it's a good idea first to clear the upload_dir setting and then reset it back the way you want after the new local_file_root has been accepted. That way, the code only needs to think about one thing at once.