Hey, glad i could finally give something back Tomek. As I find, the
"devil is usually in the detail", and the detail is what is invariably
assumed by those who work on a project for a long time.
Robin
On Aug 25, 6:01 am, "Tomek Kott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robin,
>
> I had misunderstood the folders that needed to be made. I thought it was
> Source, Standard, and Thumbnail for some reason. Once I added 'Image' to the
> rest of those, I was able to upload images just fine. Thanks for pointing
> out those folders, I would've been lost without it!
>
> Tomek
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Tomek,
>
> > Well, I can say that this time it actually worked for me. I too had
> > checked and double checked and had it fail several times. I had to
> > recreate my local development for another reason, so I started with a
> > vanilla install for a standalone configuration.
>
> > Once my local FarCry install as working I tried to upload images to
> > the image library (still local) and there were no problems. The
> > dmImage folder was created under /images and under dmImages the three
> > subfolders were created successfully too (SourceImage, StandardImage
> > and ThmbnailImage). I then pushed the dmImage folder to my host site
> > and it worked. I can now upload images through my host site.
>
> > For the life of me, i can't see what I did wrong up to this point.
>
> > What confuses me now is why i can upload a flash file and see the
> > dmFlash folder created under the 'files' fiolder, but it's empty, even
> > though the Library Manger tells me the file is there (I've refreshed
> > everything).
>
> > Robin
>
> > On Aug 21, 1:39 pm, "Tomek Kott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi Fritz,
>
> > > I tried your solution for my site that is also on a shared server. If I
> > > understand correctly, I was to create the folders under the project
> > webroot
> > > (say it is www, so that I would be going to localhost/www),
> > > www/images/dmImage/Standard, www/images/dmImage/Source,
> > > www/images/dmImage/ThumbnailImage.
>
> > > I tried exactly that, double/triple checking that my case is corrrect.
> > > However, the error is still thrown: access denied (java.io.FilePermission
> > > /afs read) , where /afs happens to be the root directery if you go by the
> > > full path name.
>
> > > Interestingly enough, there is NO such problem when uploading files!!
>
> > > I.e., I can delete the dmfile folder (from www/files/) and then try to
> > > upload a new file. It creates the dmfile with no problem! I checked (as
> > much
> > > as I am able to over webdav) the file permissions on the folders, and
> > they
> > > are exactly the same. So, perhaps the solution is to use the file cfc
> > type?
>
> > > I'm probably not getting a fundamental difference between the two, but it
> > > seems that what file upload can do, image upload should also be able to
> > do.
>
> > > Tomek
>
> > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Fritz Dimmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > as already mentioned in another thread, one has to create the
> > > > images/dmImage/Standard|Source|ThumbnailImage directories
> > manually.(This
> > > > should be included into the skeleton, btw.)
>
> > > > Formtools image.cfc checks, if these folders exists, if the don't they
> > > > start at the root level of all websites (in your case d:\home). I've
> > head
> > > > the same issue several days ago.
> > > > If the folders don't exist, it runs the createDirectory (or sth like
> > this)
> > > > functions recursively. The first iterations does a: <cfif
> > > > directoryExists("d:\home")> (i wrote the value here).
> > > > You shared hosting account does not have READ permissions for this dir.
> > > > Your account is settled under, e.g. d:\home\yourAccountNumber\ where
> > you
> > > > have all permission.
>
> > > > As mentioned, the solution is to create these directories manually, the
> > > > long term solution would be to create these directories during install
> > > > process.
>
> > > > Bye,
> > > > Fritz
>
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> > > > Am 21.08.2008 um 05:40 schrieb modius:
>
> > > > On Aug 20, 3:37 am, Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > When uploading either a single image or bulk images I get the
>
> > > > following error:
>
> > > > "access denied (java.io.FilePermission D:\home read)" - full trace
>
> > > > below.
>
> > > > Sounds like you have a permission error and CF is not allowed to write
> > > > files to the location you are storing images.
>
> > > > My set up is on a shared host. FC5.0.0, CF8, MySQL5, IIS. I have FC
>
> > > > as a standalone configuration. FUs work brilliantly.
>
> > > > Curiously, I can upload a flash file with no issues.
>
> > > > It's possible that the directory containing flash has the right
> > > > permissions assigned. If the directory that you are uploading to
> > > > doesn't exist then FarCry, via CF, will create the directories for
> > > > you. This will mean they'll have permissions relevant to the CF
> > > > server, and not necessarily appropriate for your application.
>
> > > > My host allows CFDirectory, CFFile, etc and it is turned on.
>
> > > > The host support guys are wondering why FC refers to the full address
>
> > > > - including the "D:\home", which they say FC shouldn't be trying to
>
> > > > access.
>
> > > > What version of FarCry are you using? v4+ stores a relative file
> > > > address. And builds an absolute address for CFFILE based on your
> > > > project configuration. In any event FC is not accessing anything --
> > > > ColdFusion is. FC just provides the location. As far as I'm aware
> > > > CFFILE writes require the absolute path on the server.
>
> > > > Can anybody suggest what the problem and solution might be?
>
> > > > A permissions problem ;) Try changing the file permissions on the
> > > > directory structure where you are writing images eg. ./www/images/*
>
> > > > -- geoff
> > > >http://www.daemon.com.au/
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