diff --git a/doc/install.html b/doc/install.html index 7e9d46c3cb1..96913cf3555 100755 --- a/doc/install.html +++ b/doc/install.html @@ -92,9 +92,14 @@
diff --git a/doc/release.html b/doc/release.html index 1c1844efd25..bd9acf09ff8 100644 --- a/doc/release.html +++ b/doc/release.html @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@Moodle will also need some space on your hard disk to store uploaded files, such as course documents and user pictures.
-Create a directory for this purpose somewhere away from the web server - documents directory (we don't want these files to be directly accessible from - the web), and ensure that the web server software has permission to write + +
Create a directory for this purpose somewhere. For security, it's best that + this directory is NOT accessible via the web. The easiest way to do this + is to simply locate it OUTSIDE the web directory, otherwise make sure it's well + protected with .htaccess security. + +
So that Moodle can save uploaded files in this directory, make sure that + the web server software (eg Apache) has permission to write to this directory. On Unix machines, this means setting the owner of the directory to be something like "nobody" or "apache".