Shadow Attachments issues

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cbonnar
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Shadow Attachments issues

Post by cbonnar »

Hi,

Running phpbb 2.0.21 and have Attachment Mod Version 2.4.5.

I have some issues with what shadow attachments sais and what it actually correct.

If I click on shadow attachment (in admin) and I get an entiry in "Delete all posting attachment data for files that don't exist on your filesystem. ". I check the post that has this attachment and it is ok. Also the file is on the ftp site and correct. I allow it to delete it and check the post and the attachment was removed from it. I then try attching it again and rechecked the shadow attachment (in admin) and the file appears again. I also notice that there are more files on the ftp than the php system has as attachment but the shadow attachment (in admin) is not finding them.

Any ideas?
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Post by DavidIQ »

Try synchronizing them though if you're attaching new files in there and they're automatically showing up in shadow attachments there might be a bigger issue here and doing a synchronization might remove all attachments from postings. Maybe try re-running the install/update_to_latest.php script. Won't hurt anything.
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Post by cbonnar »

Tried the snyc but it didn't help. After some more investigation is seems to be related to using ftp as the storage location. If I turn the ftp off and use the standard /files directory it all works ok. :?:

We have been modifying quite a few php pages to do things like allow you to change the post time etc so I am not to keen on reinstalling as it will overwrite our changes.

Any more ideas. (oh and thanks for the help :D )
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Post by DavidIQ »

If you're not storing the files in an external host then there is no reason to use the FTP settings at all.
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Post by cbonnar »

DavidIQ wrote:If you're not storing the files in an external host then there is no reason to use the FTP settings at all.
Yeh I think you are correct. Thanks for youe help. I think we will just use the non ftp methord.

Thanks again
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