I was using Image Fupload for bulk upload of images to my gallery oriented site. And suddenly i was warned by my host provider that some script (image fupload meant) is leaving images in var/tmp folder and it causes performance problems for server.
Unfortunately this folder var/tmp is not accessible to me as a user, since i don't have a root access. So I can't delete those files manually. Now the only option I have is to modify the Image Upload script in order to make him saving temp files in another location that I will have an access to.

Did anyone encountered the similar issues ? Any ideas how to overcome this?

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grandcat’s picture

grandcat commented

No, it doesn't keep any files there. You should run cron.php more often. This will delete older, unused files automatically.

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dsnydernc commented

It uses the file system default tmp folder, so yes it certainly could be dumping files to var/tmp.... you can change the location of your tmp folder to be inside your home directory, but var/tmp, outside publicly accessible folders is a good place to keep it.
and yes, advice is correct. Run cron on a regular basis to delete tmp files. if you aren't familiar with how to setup cron, install the poormanscron module.

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davide1982 commented

Thanks you, davidsnyder@me.com !

"... you can change the location of your tmp folder to be inside your home directory"

can I do it myself or it should be set up by host provider upon my request ?

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grandcat commented
Priority: Critical » Normal
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grandcat commented
Status: Active » Fixed
jaspervp’s picture

jaspervp commented

You can change this in drupal. Look under admin/settings/file-system.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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vaccinemedia commented

Actually I am having this issue too and running cron is not deleting the files and now /var/tmp is full. Rebooting the server will remove these files but that's the last thing I want to do.

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vaccinemedia commented

Hold that reply - cron didn't work immediately but now the temporary files have gone.....