By sunnydeveloper on

Drupal Download can be set to public access or private (drupal)

When in public, all my blog attachments open successfully.
When in private all blog attachments open successfully EXCEPT PDF files.

This is true of PDF files uploaded before and after the access is switched to prviate. I can see the file in the correct directory (accessed as drupals system/files folder). And all other files being successfully accessed are in the same folder.

Switching to public and files are found...

why then is PDF the only file type wih an issue , or is it a red herring? Running out of ideas. thanks for yours.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

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cog.rusty’s picture

cog.rusty commented

One place where filename extensions are mentioned is the upload module's settings page (/admin/settings/upload), in the settings by role.

You can also look which file uploads have been logged in the files table in the database, to see if that makes a difference.

mkabot68’s picture

mkabot68 commented

I had some experiences with 4.7.x, switching to Private Files, and then getting alot of different behavior.

Can you describe the problem in more detail? Is the PDF opening in an external Application vs. being opened within the browser? Is the PDF not opening at all and you are getting a "not found" error? A screenshot might be very helpful.

vm’s picture

vm commented

try these threads:

http://drupal.org/node/61528
http://drupal.org/node/107162