invalid upload path

I have the same problem. I have given each of my roles a specific webfm directory. However, I'm loged in as the superuser, so I'm not sure which directory settings I would be taking on.

Same with me.

I am adminstrator.

I have installed / created;
Drupal 6.2
WebFM 6.x-2.9-alpha2
WebFM root Directory = 'webfm'
File system path = 'sites/default/files'
Real Path = '..\sites\default\files\webfm'
Browser = IE6

I have also created a '..\sites\default\files\webfm\docs' folder for authenticated user role root directory

I have checked my user permissions and I have permission for everything.

I'm getting this problem on a linux box actually (ubuntu).

I never used 5.7 so I can't tell if its worth doing it :-) In general, I never recommend using versions that are going to be unsupported soon.

Take a look at webfm.js. You will see how to issue debug messages (look there the text "current directory undefined" comes from etc. Add some debug messages on your own so you can see where it goes wrong. E.g. you can check if the directory is really undefined or you get the messages because you don't have permissions to access it etc.
Just try it, that's how I learned how webfm works and wrote my first little patches for Opera (which are still not in 6.x because 6.x seems to be very unmaintained at the moment :-().

Also please try Firefox or Opera to see if it's IE specific. IE is bad in supporting Javascript standards, so maybe sth.goes wrong there.

This problem might be related to the usage of https. I've experienced this (and a similar problem with dbfm) when accessing my site through https. There was a "security violation" in Opera's Error Console. I think the JS tries to communicate always via HTTP, which results in a sandbox violation (http://example.com might be another vhost than https://example.com).

Anybody know how I can set it up so that the root directory is /sites/default/files and not one level down? It's giving me the error, "WebFM root not set."

Thanks.

I agree with deweydui. This is exactly trouble I was have also, but no anymore. Right now I decide to uninstall this great module:)

I just installed a fresh 6.5 site on my localhost and had no issue placing the filesys at /sites/default/files after using creating a settings.php file in the default dir. Of course a
"WebFM root not set" error arises on the first visit to the module if a root path hasn't been first set in the settings for the module.

I found out I get this error if the file is too big, test a smaller file. I had to increase my php upload and post sizes and restart apache.