Moving Attachments

[LLent]

i am in 4.1.11 and i am about to move attachments to the file system i have looked at a couple videos and i want to get the correct path does anyone know where i can download

rootstatus.php file so that i may put that in my folder

another question when i do this will i lose any attachments or has everyone that has done this been successful

thanks in advance

[snakes1100]

You can simply look in your phpinfo in either of these sections.

admincp --> maintenance --> view php info

Apache Enviroment Section
SCRIPT_FILENAME /home/username/public_html/forums/admincp/index.php

or

PHP Variables Section
_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] /home/username/public_html

1. Backup Database.
2. Create a folder at /home/username/public_html/attachments, via FTP
3. Set path in Storage Type: Attachments to the above, your path will differ by name or its path.
4. Chmod attachments dir to 775 or 777, depends on your server setup.
5. Click Go

[LLent]

Thanks this worked like a charm upon reading a post from lynne there was mention of not creating a folder in public_html so i created one in above web root as stated in the post and vb manual ...

thanks again

[snakes1100]

I dont recommend that, as many server setups will not allow you to write to a folder in that location.

[LLent]

Originally Posted by snakes1100

I dont recommend that, as many server setups will not allow you to write to a folder in that location.

if that is the case then the vb manual should reflect that plus we shouldnt have posts like this

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=208813

in any case it was very successful using the above info and what lynne,COBRAws stated and vb manual

[snakes1100]

No, i meant that i dont recommend it, as some server setups wont allow for writing in the parent directory of public_html/www/root, i wasnt saying the manual or the post was wrong.

I do feel that its wrong to say that, if the server in question doesnt allow it, your going to get a simple failed to write test file to dir, with no further explanation.