Comments on: Ajax File Browser 3 Beta

By: eXo

eXo — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:24:29 +0000

Indeed it was a miracle finding this App. Thank you so much.

Spanish characters don’t get displayed correctly.
Tryed recoding the spanish file to utf-8 and it works, but app gives errors.
Tryed replacing all charset_headers in app files and convert all files to ut-8, but app gives many more errors.

Tryed different combnination of charsets in apache and php.in with no luck.

Any suggestions? Thank you very much in advance.

By: kannagi

kannagi — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:39:55 +0000

Thanks for creating this program!! it’s exactly what i’m looking for and I’ve searched forever!

The only thing I would like to know is how to customize the front page text. What file/directory do i go in? or do i have to create a file? and where would I put it?

thanks!!

By: MLGraphics

MLGraphics — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:27:25 +0000

Here is the diff file of my patch:
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$sql = “SELECT `blacklist_dir` FROM `”.TABLE_PREFIX.”blacklist_dirs`”;
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> $blacklist_dirs = array_unique($blacklist_dirs);
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$sql = “SELECT `blacklist_file` FROM `”.TABLE_PREFIX.”blacklist_files`”;
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> $blacklist_files = array_unique($blacklist_files);
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$sql = “SELECT `blacklist_extension` FROM `”.TABLE_PREFIX.”blacklist_ext`”;
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> $blacklist_types = array_unique($blacklist_types);
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By: MLGraphics

MLGraphics — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:20:49 +0000

Hi,

here is a solution for Todds problem:
> Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in
> home/toddhaynes/domains/kcwebplaza.com/public_html/filemanager/_includes/settings.inc.php
> on line 24
>
> This happens after I create a MySQL DB, go to index.php and fill out the form and click submit.

I installed AFB 3 beta on a Buffalo LinkStation Pro with Freelink (Debian) running. Mysql Version is 5.0.32-Debian_7etch6-log, PHP Version is 5.2.0-8+etch11, Linux Version is Linux LS-GL64C 2.6.12.6-arm1.
The Problem below occurs when an sql queue like “SELECT DISTINCT `blacklist_extension` FROM `”.TABLE_PREFIX.”blacklist_ext`”; is used on a table with more than one entry. This is the case in afb_blacklist_ext. To fix this problem, just remove the DISTINCT in all settings.inc.php files and add the following lines before “//get language file”:
$blacklist_files = array_unique($blacklist_files);
$blacklist_dirs = array_unique($blacklist_dirs);
$blacklist_types = array_unique($blacklist_types);

Background: DISTINCT selects entrys ignoring duplicates. This seems to be a problem on some systems. The fix is to select everything and later on remove the duplicates with array_unique()

Problably the programmer should apply this fix to the next release.

By: 100tral

100tral — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:00:14 +0000

Hi, first bravo and thanks you for afb 3, il love it.
But i have read about “approot” Parameter Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability in _includes/settings.inc.php

do you have solve this problem yet ?
merci thanks and sorry for my bad english !

By: Ipomina

Ipomina — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:19:10 +0000

Hi, Very nice job! It works perfectly.

I would like to know if it is possible to custonize the browser?

I would like to use a tree rather than an icon based browers….

By: jc

jc — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:42:40 +0000

a) Shares
Try using a relative path. It may also be that Apache does not have the permissions to traverse the directories above your chosen directory. As another (probably easier) solution, you could leave your directory within your webroot, but create a .htaccess file within it which can use some authentication or rewrite rules to deny direct access to the files.

b) Themes
You can set a theme for the entire site (the default) and you can also set a theme for each user, which is probably what you have done.

By: Rene

Rene — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:01:07 +0000

Hey, this would be the easiest solution but there is a problem. If i copy a share folder outsite the apche root and try within ajaxfb to set the absolute (/var/www/…. and so on) path to the share folder it tells me that the directory doesn`t exist. I checked twice, path, permissions …

Today i noticed something about the 3 themes. If i change the default theme it`s only active if you are not logged in. If you log in the default theme appears.

Thanks!

By: jc

jc — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:15:28 +0000

Hi Rene,

AFB is designed to be a Front end for the filesystem. Your files can exist anywhere on the server, yet still be downloaded through AFB.

The example link you have mentioned seems to be the real location of the file on your webserver, thus bypassing AFB when accessing it. You can move this test directory outside of your publicly visible website, then reference it’s relative or absolute location within the share settings to avoid this potential security issue.

Feel free to comment again if you need more help.

By: Rene

Rene — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:04:42 +0000

Hey, after playing around a bit i got confused about the permissions of files and folders. Now all my stuff is accessible through the web without logging in - http://domain.tld/share_no_1/testfile.zip can be downloaded! If i change the permissions files cant be uploaded or deleted. As i mentioned i am confused. Can you give me the “standard” permissions of files and folders that are used after a fresh ajax file browser installation? Thanks!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:07:06 +0000

I am having the same issue as johnny, andyone know how to fix this? its really annoying.

By: johnny

johnny — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:30:00 +0000

I looked at the error logs on hosted server for my site, and it shows that its looking for a session directory..
Example of the error log:
PHP Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_b3e7636e198e11c6c30284f100c6badc, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /hermes/web01/b2325/pow.johnny2001/htdocs/fb/index.php on line 5
PHP Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_b3e7636e198e11c6c30284f100c6badc, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /hermes/web01/b2325/pow.johnny2001/htdocs/fb/index.php on line 5

Where do I define the session directory, in the php.ini ? or inside the Ajax FB ?
Is it a permission issue ?
If some knows, can you please email me at johnny2001@hotmail.com..
Thanks

By: johnny

johnny — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:46:03 +0000

Hi JC, thanks for this great tool.
I installed it(beta3), got the config as required, mysql tables populated, and then got to the login screen. I click on login and enter the user name and password as I did during setup, the screen goes back to the login screen.
Can someone please help ?
Thanks
Johnny

By: Gareth

Gareth — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:31:47 +0000

Hi I’m looking to intergrate this fantasic product into my intranet, but appear to be having problems accessing files from IE. Firefox works perfectly, however when I access using IE 6 or 7 I get:

Internet Explorer cannot download…
Internet Explorer was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found.

Browsing and opening text files isn’t an issue - but Word docs or PDFs for example just won’t open/download. All other functionality appears to be there (upload etc…)

I’m usng AjaxFB 3 Beta on Apache 2, PHP 4.3.10, MySQL 4 on open SUSE.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:04:40 +0000

Hi again. I’m using Apache version 2.2.6 and PHP version 5.2.5. I don’t believe it’s a permission issue since I can access the data on the NAS from a remote location in a browser using the alias I set up in Apache. Also, I tried creating the share in AFB using a mapped drive letter, but AFB tells me that the directory doesn’t exist. It’s an unfortunate problem since data is often stored somewhere other than the web server, but since I know very little PHP, I wouldn’t have the slightest idea how to solve it.

Thanks again for your help.

By: jc

jc — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:42:08 +0000

Also it might be a permission problem. I assume Apache is running as a service, but that account used by the service may not have access to the folder. This is usually the case with folders inside your Documents and Settings, or something you’ve made private from other accounts on the same machine.

By: jc

jc — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:39:20 +0000

Yeah other people (even myself at times) are having this trouble. As far as I know it seems that PHP is not accessing shares, or even mapped drives that exist remotely.

Funny thing is, this used to work, and it used to work well!

I’ve just done a test, I’ve got php 4.4.2 accessing a mounted share, and it works. I’m also running Vista. That might make a difference, it might not. Check what version of PHP you’ve got, 5.2.5 is the latest, and for my money it seems pretty stable.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:05:29 +0000

Sorry, I should have included more information; It’s running on Windows XP Pro, not on linux. Also, when creating the share, It says that the folder exists when I write out the full path using the NAS ip address (something like \\192.168.1.2\Music\Albums\). The problem occurs when I try to view the shared files by clicking on the share name. It just says there are no files in this directory.

Thanks for the help.

By: jc

jc — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:10:56 +0000

Is the folder mounted using AutoFS?

I’m new to linux myself having only installed it at home for the first time a month ago. I had a similar problem where I’ve used AutoFS to access remote files, and tried to use them from AjaxFB. The first time you access the share, it says the folder doesn’t exist but if you try again it works because it’s extablished a connection. To avoid the timing out issue, I had to run an hourly cron script to simply access the directory, keeping the link ‘fresh’.

Although, even if this doesn’t relate to you, if you can list the folder contents using the shell you should definately be able to see the contents in PHP and AjaxFB.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:41:49 +0000

This system is for sure the best directory list script I’ve ever seen. However, I am running into one very annoying problem. I’m trying to add a folder from a NAS drive as a share location. I’ve aliased it in apache and the server most definitely has access to it. But when I log in and view the share, it simply says, “There are no files in this directory.” Any way to fix this?

Thanks.