phpMyAdmin "The directory you set for upload work cannot be reached"

Question

I am uploading a 24mb sql file and have been following the instructions to setup an upload dir for phpmyadmin using $cfg['UploadDir']. Unfortunately it is not working.

I have created a folder inside my phpMyAdmin folder called 'upload'.

In my config.inc.php I have put the following:

$cfg['UploadDir'] = 'upload';

This config was wizard created by PMA.

I have also tried:

$cfg['UploadDir'] = './upload';
$cfg['UploadDir'] = '/absolute_php_my_admin_address/upload';

I've also tried all those variations with a trailing '/' on the end.

I've found many threads on the web with the exact problem. My upload folder has the same permissions and ownership as the parent PMA directory. I am also not running in Safe mode.

Have you run into this issue and solved it? Running PMA 3.5.2 on Redhat 5.

Answer 1

I know this is old but the google search for that problem points here. So here is the answer:

Debian and Ubuntu limits the access for folders. You must use the phpmyadmin folder for that.

In Ubuntu it is "/etc/phpmyadmin/" (without the quotes).

So the config would be:

$cfg['UploadDir'] = '/etc/phpmyadmin/';