Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Uploading and multilple servers https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:28:30 +0000 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:00:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=23915 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Uploading and multilple servers : No you can use the forum...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/uploading-and-multilple-servers_topic23915_post125310.html#125310 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 23915
Posted: 24 July 2007 at 12:00pm

No you can use the forum on multiple servers with uploading enabled but they can not share an upload folder on another server.

This limitation isn't built into Web Wiz Forums but is a limitation of how ASP works.

For security reasons Microsoft has built into it's operating systems restrictions for this type of thing otherwise they could be exploited by a hacker to upload files to other servers.

You may be able to find a work around that uses windows file sharing and mapped network drives, but this is not advisable on a system in a DMS zone as it would open up your system to abuse by hackers.

As people generally won't have such insecure systems setup you would also need to do some recording of the forum so that it can save to these shared drives and also input the correct URL for links from forum posts etc.

The upload folder itself would need to be a public folder with it's own URL so you can use that URL to dis0play the images and links to the files from within posts.


Edited by -boRg- - 24 July 2007 at 12:06pm]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:00:26 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/uploading-and-multilple-servers_topic23915_post125310.html#125310 <![CDATA[Uploading and multilple servers : So what you&#039;re saying is...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/uploading-and-multilple-servers_topic23915_post125309.html#125309 Author: marmur
Subject: 23915
Posted: 24 July 2007 at 11:51am

So what you're saying is that there's no way to use the forum on multiple servers with uploading enabled?

Edited by marmur - 24 July 2007 at 11:51am]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:51:11 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/uploading-and-multilple-servers_topic23915_post125309.html#125309 <![CDATA[Uploading and multilple servers : For security reasons upload components...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/uploading-and-multilple-servers_topic23915_post125305.html#125305 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 23915
Posted: 24 July 2007 at 11:22am

For security reasons upload components can't be configured to work like that.]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:22:28 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/uploading-and-multilple-servers_topic23915_post125305.html#125305 <![CDATA[Uploading and multilple servers : Hi, I&#039;m looking into using...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/uploading-and-multilple-servers_topic23915_post125304.html#125304 Author: marmur
Subject: 23915
Posted: 24 July 2007 at 11:08am

Hi,
 
I'm looking into using this forum in my company web site.
 
My question concerns the uploading ability of the forum. If I understand correctly, files are uploded to a folder on the local server. Is there a way to change that for multiple-servers scenario?
 
Can files be uploaded to the DB or to a central file server?
 
Thanks.
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