to users on a remote site. (Or not... it's not well tested.) The
"proper behaviour" hasn't been defined here, so handle with care.
-If fancy URLs is enabled, access to file attachments can also be
-restricted to logged-in users only. Uncomment the appropriate rewrite
-rule in .htaccess or your server's httpd.conf. (This most likely will
-not work if you are using a virtual server for attachments, so consider
-the performance/security tradeoff.)
+Access to file attachments can also be restricted to logged-in users only.
+1. Add a directory outside the web root where your file uploads will be
+ stored. Usually a command like this will work:
+
+ mkdir /var/www/mublog-files
+
+2. Make the file uploads directory writeable by the web server. An
+ insecure way to do this is:
+
+ chmod a+x /var/www/mublog-files
+
+3. Tell StatusNet to use this directory for file uploads. Add a line
+ like this to your config.php:
+
+ $config['attachments']['dir'] = '/var/www/mublog-files';
Upgrading
=========
* Craig Andrews
* mEDI
* Brett Taylor
+* Brigitte Schuster
Thanks also to the developers of our upstream library code and to the
thousands of people who have tried out Identi.ca, installed StatusNet,