Joomla : changing file upload settings & other lessons learned

Posted on by David Vassallo

Issue : By default in joomla 1.6, administrators are only allowed to upload image files of 10MB in size via the PHP administrator interface, using “Media Manager”. We needed to allow Joomla admins to upload a variety of filetypes (such as PDFs, DOCs, etc) and with a file upload limit of 100MBs Solution : 1. … Continue reading Joomla : changing file upload settings & other lessons learned

Linux script for automatic notification of failed download

Posted on by David Vassallo

Scenario: We need a CentOS machine to periodically automatically download a file from a remote server on the internet. If this download fails for any reason, the network admin should be emailed to investigate further. Resolution: A simple cron job can be used which executes a download script. The following script was used: #!/bin/bash wget … Continue reading Linux script for automatic notification of failed download