[ZendTo] Upload from UNC path fails

[Jules]

If you are running SELinux (run the command "sestatus" to find out), 
then just looking at the filesystem permissions won't help you.
If "sestatus" says something like "enforcing", then try this command to 
reset the SELinux rules on /var/zendto:
     restorecon -F -R /var/zendto
and then restart the web server.
Obviously you need to do all of that as root. :)

What version of what OS are you using? What version of ZendTo did you 
upgrade *from*, and how?

Cheers,
Jules.

On 15/01/2018 12:54, Viktor Steinmann wrote:
> OK, I have updated to 4.99-6 and tried again with open JavaScript 
> console and different browsers.
>
> The error is now much more specific:
>
> Now I'm getting "Upload Error /  A unique directory to contain your 
> dropped-off files could not be created. Please notify the system 
> administrator."
>
> The apache log file shows "PHP Warning:  mkdir(): No such file or 
> directory in 
> /var/www/html/my.domain.com/ZendTo-4.99-6/lib/NSSDropbox.php on line 
> 1147, referer: https://my.domain.com/verify.php"
>
> The line reads: "if ( mkdir($this->_dropboxDirectory."/$claimID",0700) 
> ) {"
>
> So I might have a rights issue on the file system. However all 
> directories belong to apache:apache (checked multiple times). Any 
> hints as where the permissions could be wrong?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Viktor
>
>
>  if ( mkdir($this->_dropboxDirectory."/$claimID",0700) )
>
>
> On 12.01.2018 17:08, Jules wrote:
>> Viktor,
>>
>> The error message in the alert box is a "best guess" of the most 
>> likely cause of why the upload failed.
>> It can fail for all sorts of reasons, a lot of them to do with 
>> security restrictions imposed by web browsers on what JavaScript code 
>> can and cannot do (and look at).
>>
>> Take a look at your JavaScript console, as that is the only place 
>> anything useful might be written.
>> I have tried to get the error message itself in JavaScript, but all I 
>> ever get is "undefined" or "error".
>> Fat lot of use that is. :-(
>>
>> Also, try it on a different browser.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 12/01/2018 13:03, Viktor Steinmann wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I installed the latest beta today on Centos7 (2018/01/12) and it works
>>> quite well so far (and looks nice, btw). However when trying to 
>>> upload a
>>> single file from an UNC path, the software complains, that uploading a
>>> complete directory is not supported. Strangely enough, this happens
>>> after successfully adding the file to the list of uploads, when 
>>> clicking
>>> on "Drop off files".
>>>
>>> Anybody else with this problem?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Viktor
>>>
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>>
>> Jules
>>
>

Jules

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