database file outside my WordPress directory

  • Resolved sandeept

    (@sandeept)


    11 years, 5 months ago

    Hello,

    I installed the plugin and was trying to configure it, but I did not succeed in doing that. The error message I get is the following

    The specified GeoIP database file is outside the WordPress directory and thus not allowed for security reasons.

    I have made sure that the file is indeed within the install directory of WordPress for my domain. Here is the path I am setting it to
    /domains/****/public_html/wp-content/uploads/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat

    Is there a way to figure out which path the plugin thinks it should look into? A way to find out which folder is, according to the plugin, the install folder of WordPress for my domain?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-countries/

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  • Thread Starter sandeept

    (@sandeept)

    11 years, 5 months ago

    Sorry, I figured it out.
    I moved the file from
    wp-content/uploads/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat
    to
    wp-content/uploads/GeoLiteCity.dat

    and the plugin was able to find the file automatically.

    But there are two issues here.
    1. The error I got earlier is incorrect. The file is still within my WordPress install directory and should be accepted by the plugin (bug-fix)
    2. I remember seeing somewhere in a screenshot where the path I originally set was shown. Hence I chose to store the file in a folder labeled GeoIP.

    Plugin Author Dirk Weise

    (@wedi)

    11 years, 5 months ago

    Hi!

    Thank you for your report! This bug will be resolved in the next version of Limit Login Countries. There won’t be any more restrictions on the path other than that it points to a valid GeoIP database. I just make sure that one cannot use the error messages to discover whether arbitrary files exist on the system.

    Dirk

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