[openupload-devel] A way for admins to see/download uploaded files?

[Terry H. <dig...@gm...>]

Hi!

I've only recently installed OpenUpload, and my first reaction to it
is very positive. This is a nice package, and it looks like it's going
to be very useful. It also seems to have a pretty well-thought-out
installer (reminds me of Mediawiki's installation).

My only serious problem is that it seems really awkward for me to
download the files that have been submitted.

We're using OpenUpload to receive submissions of large files (mostly
audio recordings in FLAC or WAV format) to our project.

There is one problem with this, though: the package doesn't seem to
give the administrator direct access to download the files that are
uploaded. If the submitters remember to email to the correct address,
I get a download link, but otherwise, I have to use some kind of
work-around to "trick" the program into letting me have access.

For example, I can ask the submitter for their password so I can log
in as them and visit "my files" to download their submission.

Or, in a pinch, I could use my admin privileges to _change_ their
password and then log in as them (but then, I'd be messing up their
account).

As an admin, I can look at the record of uploaded files. And I can
even delete them off of the server. But I can't actually seem to visit
their download pages or download them. Which seems really
counter-intuitive to me.

Is there a more direct way to do this? Was this an intentional
omission? Is there a way to enable admins to access all of the
downloads?

Thanks for any help,
Terry

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Terry Hancock
Producer/Director - "Lunatics" Project - http://lunatics.tv