There are some file types that the Wiki developers considered too dangerous to allow to upload. So they're not allowed even if you think you've configured it to "allow everything". I don't know enough to defend or criticize this decision, but I assume the developers know what they're doing.
This includes Open Office files. I'll bet it includes anything with XML. I designated a place covered by an apache server to place such files, then defined a template to take the file name & convert it to the appropriate link. That way, if I move the location, I can just update the template. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haim (Howard) Roman Computer Center, Jerusalem College of Technology Phone: 052-8-592-599 (6022 from within Machon Lev) On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:58, Peter Velan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have problems to upload some types of files > > LocalSettings.php: > > $wgCheckFileExtensions = false; > $wgStrictFileExtensions = false; > $wgVerifyMimeType = false; > $wgFileExtensions = array( '7z', 'zip', 'rar', 'exe', 'gif', 'jpeg', > 'jpg', 'png', 'odp', 'ods', 'odt', 'pdf' ); > > I could upload 'gif', 'jpg', 'png', 'pdf', 'ods', 'odt' ... etc. but > not 'exe' and some times 'zip' > > Every attempt to upload an .exe gives an error > > "„.exe“ ist ein nicht erlaubtes Dateiformat. Erlaubt sind die > Dateiformate: 7z, zip, rar, exe, gif, jpeg, jpg, png, odp, ods, odt, pdf." > > works: > rac-exe.zip > rac.odt.zip > rac.ods.odt.odt > rac.ods.zip.odt > > works *not*: > rac.exe -- reports „.exe“ not allowed > rac.exe.zip -- reports „.zip“ not allowed > rac.ods.exe.odt -- reports „.odt“ not allowed > > > Why does MW checks extensions if I explicitly say > "$wgCheckFileExtensions = false"? > > It seems that a file with an an embedded "exe" part could not be uploaded! > > Thanks for any hint, > Peter _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
