During my upgrade to Drupal 6 & upgrade of imagecache. I had trouble with uploading new images. All of my old images were fine, but newly uploaded images did not appear.
I then discovered that
Imagecache created a second files folder within the my sitename.com/drupal/files
named files - so it is sitename.com/drupal/files/files
However,
When I set the admin>settings>file-system to files/files
The images do not appear

Also, I am unable to set the file permissions to this new files folder as the UID & GID of this folder and interior files is Apache.

I've been looking for a way to fix this via the forums, but have not found the right node. Please help me to discover how I can correct this issue.
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cpapaya’s picture

cpapaya commented
Priority: Critical » Normal

able to change the UID & GID & allowed to set permissions for /files/files & files/files/imagecache to 777
However, I still see no images when I set the admin>settings>file-system to files/files

Did receive warning discussed in http://drupal.org/node/392100
However, when I did their suggestions (setting permissions to 777 and changing module code of line 555) I still do not see new photos.
Also, the files/files folder appeared again, after I deleted old mysite.com/drupal/files and reinstalled old files without the added files/files

cpapaya’s picture

cpapaya commented
Priority: Normal » Critical
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cpapaya commented
Component: User interface » imagecache_image module
Priority: Normal » Minor

changed the files/files to files/uber
images show now. however, some photos is in the admin area do not show.
can deal with this, as long as images on site show

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Robert S commented
Project: ImageCache » FileField
Version: 6.x-2.0-beta9 » 6.x-3.2
Component: imagecache_image module » Code
Category: support » bug
Priority: Minor » Normal

Had the same problem: new uploaded files are added to files/files. I have no clue,
whether this is a bug or feature.

Renaming files/files to files/uber did not work for me, the directory was created again.

What solved the issue for me was changing the rights for the files/files folder
to no rights for anybody. (Not even the owner can read it, chmod 000 files/files )
Now the files appear dutifully in files, as they (I believe) should.

Still, this should be fixed ...
I suspect the module FileField is the culprit, so I am changing the status accordingly.

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quicksketch
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commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

I've never heard of this report before in nearly a year that FileField 3.0 has been out. I don't think this is caused by FileField. I'll need a report of how to reproduce from a clean Drupal install.

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bstrange commented

Same problem... setting the second files (i.e. files/files) did the trick, still somewhat concerned...

Thank you kindly Robert S

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furamag commented

I don't know why but I have this bug because I have incorrect configuration on my Drupal DB. To fix this bug you should go to /admin/content/node-type/{type_of_your_node}/fields/{field_name} and set correct File path in Path settings section . If your file path is "files/folder1/folder2" you should set "folder1/folder2" to field File path. It works for me.

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ludde_t commented

Furamag's right, somwhere in the dr 6 migration "files" had been put in the path settings field on my node types that's using filefield. Removing the "files" path solved it for me. Thanks!

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quicksketch
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commented

I can't find this problem anywhere within FileField. Are you guys using any other modules that might be affecting the file path? FileField Paths for instance or another add-on?

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quicksketch
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commented
Title: imagecache created second files folder - unable to see images » Second files folder created upon upgrade
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (fixed)

Unless this can be confirmed as a problem with FileField, I don't think there's anything to be done here. FileField doesn't ever touch the "file_path" setting in any of its upgrade routines. ImageField's upgrade path is similarly simple (from imagefield.install):

      if (isset($field['widget']['image_path'])) {
        $field['widget']['file_path'] = $field['widget']['image_path'];
      }

I really can't see how this would be caused by FileField. However if I'm mistaken please reopen.