Question "attachment not found"

cbrace wrote: ... the webserver reads and writes as owner of the files.

Who actually owns the files? See Avatar doesn't change or save on 1.6 and please read the entire discussion.

OK, I read that thread. Apache needs to own the folder.

The thing is, when you restore a Akeeba backup, EVERYTHING is owned the webserver, as it is recreating all the files and directories, no? I haven't touched anything via ftp or ssh.

I still don't understand why after the webserver itself installs my Joomla site from the Akeeba backup Kunena still can't write to /media/kunena/, even though it is owned like every other directory by the the webserver.

Sozzled, sorry if I seem dense. I am just a part-time webmaster and Joomla tinkerer.

cbrace wrote: Sozzled, sorry if I seem dense. I am just a part-time webmaster and Joomla tinkerer.

I spend so much time at this forum, I don't have time for my own webcraft. I'm just a user, mate.

You'll just have to take my advice on faith. We don't have the problems here (that I'm aware of) and I don't have the problems in my own case (that I'm aware of) but these problems may still occur despite all the best-laid plans that we have. The most important thing to know is this: what happens now, when you upload a new file, a new attachment to a post on your website? Do you get an "attachment not found" error?

The most important thing to know is this: what happens now, when you upload a new file, a new attachment to a post on your website? Do you get an "attachment not found" error?

OK. Last night I moved the site (definitively) to the new host, restoring the Akeeba backup.

Everything on the new server worked fine, except Kunena message attachments ("attachment not found"). I ran chmod -R go+w on /media/kunena. Problem solved.

Perhaps Akeeba is interfering with permissions?

This evening I will test this again here at home on my Fedora desktop system running Apache.

Since I have solved the problem, I don't want to take up too much more of your valuable time, but it might be nice to figure out what is going on here.

Thanks,
-Colin

cbrace wrote: For some reason, attachments are broken on the v1.6.2 forum I manage.

I think the real problem, for me, was trying to understand the size of the problem. Are we talking about all attachments or some ... or one? More importantly, are we still having problems with attachments after the upgrade? If we're not having problems after the upgrade then at least we know that the problems will not get any worse than they already are.

As for explaining why the problem occurred, there are as many plausible, possible reasons as there are websites on the planet and I don't know if we will ever be able to satisfactorily find the answer. On the basis of what has been written, I think this topic can now be considered "closed". If someone else has the answer, they can add to the knowledge base at any time.