File Manager - Internal error: unknown file action - 2.1.2

[system9866]

Hello,

When attempting to delete or move an item in file manager I get a red warning “Internal error: unknown file action” at the top of the page and the admin log says “Attempt to set working directory to an invalid location: images”

I cannot see anything in the PHP error logs.

My info is as follows,

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Cms Version: 2.1.2

Installed Modules:

    AdminSearch: 1.0
    CMSContentManager: 1.1
    CMSMailer: 6.2.14
    DesignManager: 1.1.1
    FileManager: 1.5.2
    FormBuilder: 0.8.1.3
    MenuManager: 1.50.2
    MicroTiny: 2.0.3
    ModuleManager: 2.0.2
    Navigator: 1.0.2
    News: 2.50.4
    Search: 1.50.2
    ThemeManager: 1.1.8
    TinyMCE: 3.1


Config Information:

    php_memory_limit:
    max_upload_size: 6000000
    url_rewriting: mod_rewrite
    page_extension: .html
    query_var: page
    auto_alias_content: true
    locale:
    set_names: true
    timezone: Europe/London
    permissive_smarty: false


Php Information:

    phpversion: 5.6.17
    md5_function: On (True)
    json_function: On (True)
    gd_version: 2
    tempnam_function: On (True)
    magic_quotes_runtime: Off (False)
    E_ALL: 24567
    E_STRICT: 2048
    E_DEPRECATED: 0
    test_file_timedifference: No time difference found
    test_db_timedifference: No time difference found
    create_dir_and_file: 1
    memory_limit: 128M
    max_execution_time: 30
    register_globals: Off (False)
    output_buffering: On
    disable_functions: show_source, system, shell_exec, passthru, exec, popen, proc_open, allow_url_fopen, ini_set
    open_basedir:
    test_remote_url: Success
    file_uploads: On (True)
    post_max_size: 8M
    upload_max_filesize: 6M
    session_save_path: /tmp (1777)
    session_use_cookies: On (True)
    xml_function: On (True)
    xmlreader_class: On (True)
    check_ini_set: Off (False)
    curl: On


Performance Information:

    allow_browser_cache: Off (False)
    browser_cache_expiry: 60
    php_opcache: Off (False)
    smarty_cache: On (True)
    smarty_compilecheck: Off (False)
    smarty_cache_udt: On (True)
    auto_clear_cache_age: Off (False)

Server Information:

    Server Software: Apache
    Server Api: cgi-fcgi
    Server Os: Linux 2.6.32-042stab111.12 On i686
    Server Db Type: MySQL (mysqli)
    Server Db Version: 5.1.73
    Server Db Grants: Found a "GRANT ALL" statement that appears to be suitable


Permission Information:

    tmp: /home/folder_name_here/public_html/mywebsite.co.uk/tmp (0755)
    tmp_cache: /home/folder_name_here/public_html/mywebsite.co.uk/tmp/cache (0755)
    templates_c: /home/folder_name_here/public_html/mywebsite.co.uk/tmp/templates_c (0755)
    modules: /home/folder_name_here/public_html/mywebsite.co.uk/modules (0755)
    uploads: /home/folder_name_here/public_html/mywebsite.co.uk/uploads (0755)
    File Creation Mask (umask): /home/folder_name_here/public_html/mywebsite.co.uk/tmp/cache (0755)
    config_file: 0444

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[system9866]

anyone?

I have not made any progress on sorting this out myself.

[chandra]

Is it an updated installation?

Had similar trouble sometimes ago ... have checked config.php and there were some parameters they are optionally. CMSMS can detect it better .

After "cleaning" config.php the trouble was gone...

[system9866]

Here is my config.php file,

Do you see this is missing anything? Can anyone compare this to theirs 2.1.2 config.php? the site seems to function correctly in every other way.

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<?php
# CMS Made Simple Configuration File
# Documentation: /doc/CMSMS_config_reference.pdf
#
$config['dbms'] = 'mysqli';
$config['db_hostname'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_username'] = 'db_username_here';
$config['db_password'] = 'db_password_here';
$config['db_name'] = 'db_name_here';
$config['db_prefix'] = 'cms_';
$config['timezone'] = 'Europe/London';
?>

[PinkElephant]

Attempt to set working directory to an invalid location

Do you still see it when File Manager -> Settings Advanced Mode is enabled?

[system9866]

Hi and thank you for your reply,

Yes I still get the error when I enable advanced mode,

[PinkElephant]

Shame, that might have made it easier to track down. I only asked because I'm seeing a vaguely similar messages when trying to copy a file, e.g., uploads/images/logo1.gif

Selecting the "/uploads" destination gives "The destination directory specified is invalid" -- but only in non-advanced mode.

(After creating an "uploads/uploads" directory, the copy operation works).

[system9866]

bump! anyone else have any ideas?

[calguy1000]

My first bald assed guess would be that mod_security is in the way.
maybe try contacting your host and see if they can disable mod_security for your sites.

[system9866]

Hello Calguy and thank you for your suggestion.

I have just checked with my host and they have confirmed mod_security is disabled on my sites.

[chandra]

Please check ALL activated server modules. You can do it with a little script

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<?php
print_r(apache_get_modules());
?>

There are some other modules like Suhosin and Zend Guard Loader to harden servers against intrusion.

[system9866]

hmm.

the PHP error log says

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18-Mar-2016 12:10:38 Europe/London] PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function apache_get_modules()

[chandra]

Suggested command is valid till PHP 7

https://secure.php.net/manual/en/functi ... odules.php

It seems your host has blocked the execution. So you have to ask them once again if there are other modules active like mod_security (suhosin, Zend Guard or similar).

Maybe you can check it by yourself (CPanel?).

[PinkElephant]

Do you see this is missing anything? Can anyone compare this to theirs 2.1.2 config.php?

Looks OK to me but I'm guessing that you've removed 'url_rewriting' and 'page_extension' since the sysinfo post. My main 2.1. test installation only uses a few entries in addition to config[db*]:

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$config['admin_dir'] = 'my-secret-place';
$config['admin_url'] = 'https://www.example.com/my-secret-place';
$config['tmp_cache_location'] = '/srv/example.com/public/private/cmsms/tmp/cache';
$config['tmp_templates_c_location'] = '/srv/example.com/public/private/cmsms/tmp/templates_c';
$config['url_rewriting'] = 'mod_rewrite';
$config['timezone'] = 'Europe/London';
// $config['debug_to_log'] = true;

If debug doesn't give any clues it may be worth testing explicit values for uploads_path, image_uploads_path & any associated _urls.

[PinkElephant]

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18-Mar-2016 12:10:38 Europe/London] PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function apache_get_modules()

Afaics, the interwebs is suggesting that the fatal is normal with Server Api: cgi-fcgi.