Upload folder full when trying to attach images to posts

[#1]

There are a few people reporting this issue:
http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,145403
http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,143213.msg1281117.html#msg1281117 and following posts
http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,145349.msg1281332.html#msg1281332
I'm going to try attaching a 61KB image to this post

[#2]

Moderators: am I a member of any different group to the people who are having difficulties?

[#3]

It's not group related as far as I can tell, I uploaded a 25KB file which was fine, then a 2MB file which failed. It's been reported internally for investigation.

[#4]

From memory I am in the normal group as Legend doesn't have any permissions
I also get when trying to upload a 156kB image
The upload folder is full. Please try a smaller file and/or contact an administrator.

[#5]

Chris, if there's some sort of SMF quota it probably won't apply to people who have admin rights.

[#6]

I've just checked the settings and the uploads/attachments don't differ for any permission groups.

[#7]

But this isn't the only problem with the forum, and the other current issues are just being ignored, and it's all clearly related.
See http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,144467.0.html
Attempted attachment 55kB and it failed.
Another of 11kB ...........
Edit: well that worked, tried the 55kB one again and it failed (upload folder full message).

[#8]

Same trouble here when uploading files to a thread. Can't understand why. Bemused me completely until I mentioned it in a thread and was pointed here.

[#9]

Chances are /tmp on whatever ancient debian webserver powers the forums is full and nobody knows how to clear it.

[#10]

Without wishing to open a can of worms (and now probably thinking there is another thread i'll get pointed to!)....it seems there are some issues behind the scenes going on here but nobody's talking about them, well...at least not PN staff.
Not criticising at all, just observing. But from the outside (well, i was until i couldn't upload files) it doesn't look good.

[#11]

Maybe this might me of use!

[#12]

The relevant bits being

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Attachments Directory - Select where you want the files uploaded to be stored on your server. This can be located outside your public html directory for additional security. Max attachment folder space - Specify how large in capacity the upload area can store. This is useful for servers with limited web space.

I hope they don't start deleting any of the current content in such a folder     There are many posts where the content and attachments are useful & relevant to other Plusnet customers, posters and readers of the forum  
Edit: actually this may be relevant if someone has gone and altered any values

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Max size per attachment - Specify how big a single attachment upload by a member can be.

as I managed to upload a small attachment, see a post above (reply #6).

[#13]

Quote from: Anotherone

The relevant bits being Quote Max size per attachment - Specify how big a single attachment upload by a member can be. as I managed to upload a small attachment, see a post above (reply #6).

I've already checked that and it's still set at 4MB. Good suggestion though.

[#14]

Is attachment folder space set?

[#15]

Same problem here.    301kb file...