Hi Istvan,

It *could* be that your file upload field itself has a 5MB restriction on it. If you go in to your field settings, what is the maximum allowed file size by the field?

If that is sufficiently big, I'd say it has something to do with your hosting setup. The fact that you can't upload anything without FTP enabled is concerning... So I'd say try to find a better host who supports Joomla a bit better.

_jrmo

i once had similiar case, when to hoster company is not allowed their user to upload a file. Try to create a new file and try to upload without seblod/joomla if you still have the issue than the issue happens in The Server

Dear James, Viktor,

thank you very much for your idea! You are very helpfull!!

I tried to upload files through Joomla Media manager also, but it was failed.

Viktor: If I connect to the file folder via FTP (using FTP client), I can upload anything to everywhere. I am sure, the problem is that this host is not a Joomla friendly one.

James: All of my upload fileds has 5MB restriction.

The following functions are disabled in their php.ini file (maybe the root cause): exec, passthru, shell_exec, system, proc_open, popen, curl_multi_exec, show_source, virtual, http_connect, ftp_connect, connect, socket_*,set_time_limit, diskfreespace, disk_free_space, disk_total_space, phpcredits, ini_alter, ini_get_all, posix_getpwuid, posix_getegid, php_uname

Do you have any proposal which one can cause similar problem?

Thank you for your support!

István

Hi.. its not the FTP but sometime the file permission issue, in linux files system we usually deal with chmod, but there is chown and that can cause a problem sometime. I'm not linux expert, but try to do this script on a single php file and see if 'file.txt' can be created:

<?php
file_put_contents("test.txt","Hello World. Testing!");
?>

Hi Viktor,

thank you for your help!

I tried what you proposed, and I received the following error message:

Warning: file_put_contents(test.txt) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /xxx.php on line xx

Do you have any idea what should I ask from this hosting provider?

Thank you in advance!

István

Ok, it's not seblod and even joomla's problem...

My suggestion is for you to submit the url for test.php to your support. Let them know that its only single line of code, and ask them to solved it.

Please also give me update on how they solve the problem. On my case, i move to other host, since this problem is not solved within 2 weeks.. (their tier 1-3 unable to handle this, they even recompile their php... so i'm not sure what cause this problem).

Hope someone who proficient with linux, can give insight as well...

Hi!

Thank you Viktor! I contacted them today morning. When I receive the solution, I will give you an update.

Thank you for the tip!

István

Hi Viktor,

the hosting provider proposed to add 775 permission to the folders instead of 755. They said that there is no security issue.

They explained that the files owner is not me on the host, but the server. Unfortunatelly I am not an expert, therefore I accepted their solution and now my problem is solved.

Thank you for your help!

István