Re: [webmin-l] Restricting file upload size

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Hi Dave,
In your custom module, you can pass a parameter to the ReadParseMime function to limit uploads to a specified number of bytes. This is the only function that actually reads the upload into memory - the main miniserv.pl process does not.

 - Jamie

-----Original Message-----

From:  Dave Isaacs <dav...@en...>
Subj:  [webmin-l] Restricting file upload size
Date:  Fri 10 Feb 2006 2:37 am
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To:  "'web...@li...'" <web...@li...>

     Restricting file upload size
    Is there any way to have miniserv reject file uploads over a certain size? 
  I have implemented a custom module that allows users to upload an image file. However, if the user attempts to upload a very large file (say 1GB), the whole server grinds to a halt as miniserv attempts to load the file into memory.
  I can put size restrictions in my module, but miniserv still attempts to upload the entire file before passing control to my module. What I need to happen is for miniserv to reject the upload immediately (perhaps with Error 413 - Request Entity Too Large), without uploading anything.
  Thanks 
  Dave Isaacs 
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