[rt-users] Uploading big Files using CGI.pm

shimi shimi at shimi.net
Fri Feb 28 01:40:12 EST 2003


I do ;) Tools -> Options, cancel the stupid thing called "Display friendly 
HTTP Error messages".

Of course, from time to time, it will display them too, regardless of your 
choice, but hey, it is a M$ product...

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Brian Houston/NCO/CEtv wrote:

> 
> Thanks Darren,
> 
> I did restart Apache, but that is a good guess.
> 
>  I did finally solve the problem after three days of pulling my hair out.
> Maybe my solution will save someone else from doing the same.
> 
> Our companny has an Internet Explorer only policy for Intranet
> applications, of which RT is one.   I kept getting a 'Malformed Multipart
> Attachment' error in the Apache logs whenever I tried to upload a
> file larger than 1 megabyte.  I tried a million different things, and
> finally in desparation got out the old copy of Netscape and tried it.  It
> failed as well, but instead of giving me the standard  '500 Internal Server
> Error'  I got an error from our Squid Web Proxy server.  It turns out we
> have a 1 megabyte limit on transfers in Squid.
> 
> I have no idea why Internet Explorer was not returning the error from
> Squid, that would have saved me a lot of grief if it had.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Brian Houston
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> * Brian Houston/NCO/CEtv <BHouston at austar.com.au> [2003-02-26 19:33]:
> > I've read messages about Mason and CGI.pm problems, and tried in
> Webmux.pl
> > to fix it by adding this line after the 'use CGI' line:
> >
> > $CGI::POST_MAX=1024 * 100000;
> >
> > I thought that this would likely do the trick, but no go.
> 
> Maybe this is a silly question, but did you restart httpd?  Changes like
> that only take effect with a restart.
> 
> (darren)
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  Best regards,
     Shimi


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