can't add links to images on other servers

[mdy]

my server has high security settings which i'm not able to change.
it doesn't allow me to add links to images on other servers
this 3 php warnings appear:
1. getmypid, dl, leak, listen, chown, chmod, chgrp, realpath, tmpfile, link, mb_send_mail() has been disabled for security reasons in coppermnie/upload.php on line1611
2. fopen(): URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in coppermine/upload.php on line 1624
3. fopen(pic-url): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in coppermine/upload.php on line 1624

and then i have the coppermine error that the image
was not added because of "access to path denied"

how can i still add URLs to my galleries?

[Joachim Müller]

Answer: not at all. Your webhost did this on purpose for sure. You will have to download the pics from the remote servers and upload them "the old-fashioned way". Having said that, you have to understand that even if the feature worked for you, the pics would get downloaded to your server and be hosted there - you can't hotlink to pics on other servers and we (the dev team) have no intention to add such a feature.

GauGau

[Manitcor]

Im not sure if this has been posted but considering that there are some hosts that do this. Perhpas it would be a good idea to include an option on the config panel that disables URL uploads so that users dont complain that it doesnt work everytime they try it.

I havent gotten to deep into your site yet so the info may be there but does the dev team accept code submissions for the core code tree?

[kegobeer]

A gallery admin already has the ability to "turn off" URL uploads - please read the documentation.