Is there any way to get a link to a networked file using this module?

I'm talking about the \\server\folder\file.txt type that you can open in a browser using file://

Thanks

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jcfiala’s picture

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I don't have a copy of the module open to test, but have you tried entering the path including the file:// header?

jfha73’s picture

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Yes I have, but it still says is not a valid URL, I even checked the link.module file and it has this line:

$allowed_protocols = variable_get('filter_allowed_protocols', array('http', 'https', 'ftp', 'news', 'nntp', 'telnet', 'mailto', 'irc', 'ssh', 'sftp', 'webcal'));

I tried adding file to it, but still the same.

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The only thing with file is that for this particular type of path, the URL will look something like this:

file://///server/folder/file.txt

And I don't know if 5 '/' is too much for this module.

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Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

It's been four years since this bug, and no one's touched it. If you need to you can re-open this ticket, but I suspect you don't need this fixed anymore.

Also, to add the file protocol to the list of protocols, use $conf['filter_allowed_protocols'] to override the value of the filter_allowed_protocols variable.