Prefixing filenames?

[turtleboy]

How do you prefix the file names of the images being uploaded with  the current users username? I thought this was supposed to be default, but it won't work under any user.

[Joachim Müller]

no, this is not default. Coppermine uses a database to keep track of files - no need to rename files, as the database "knows" who uploaded the file.
Such a feature doesn't exist. What coppermine does is creating a new folder within "userpics" for each user (not with the username, but a number corresponding to the user) this user's uploads go to (except if the server runs in safe mode).

GauGau

[turtleboy]

I think my server is running in safe mode, because all of the photos go into the same directory (userpics). Is there anyway that I can prefix the file names? The only reason being conflicts between different users with the same filename.

I have some code that does this on a different uploader, but Im not sure how to implement it into Coppermine.

[Joachim Müller]

Coppermine will solve such conflicts: if a filename already exists, coppermine will rename the file. Please post a link and a test user account to check.

GauGau