From ad40c8a23ce1c27a7d562dbd5985fc9ae86bab70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: moodler Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:30:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updates --- doc/install.html | 11 ++++++++--- doc/release.html | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/install.html b/doc/install.html index 7e9d46c3cb..96913cf355 100755 --- a/doc/install.html +++ b/doc/install.html @@ -92,9 +92,14 @@

Moodle will also need some space on your hard disk to store uploaded files, such as course documents and user pictures.

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Create a directory for this purpose somewhere away from the web server - documents directory (we don't want these files to be directly accessible from - the web), and ensure that the web server software has permission to write + +

Create a directory for this purpose somewhere. For security, it's best that + this directory is NOT accessible via the web. The easiest way to do this + is to simply locate it OUTSIDE the web directory, otherwise make sure it's well + protected with .htaccess security. + +

So that Moodle can save uploaded files in this directory, make sure that + the web server software (eg Apache) has permission to write to this directory. On Unix machines, this means setting the owner of the directory to be something like "nobody" or "apache".

diff --git a/doc/release.html b/doc/release.html index 1c1844efd2..bd9acf09ff 100644 --- a/doc/release.html +++ b/doc/release.html @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
  • Character set in email now matches current language
  • User pictures are now uploaded even if other fields have errors
  • Submitted assignments were sometimes having their owner changed - fixed. +
  • Admin can always log in regardless of external authentication +
  • User log graphs are now translatable -- 2.39.5