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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/settings.txt | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index 913f49f47c..e2b2f2d9c7 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -1243,7 +1243,10 @@ Default:: ("django.core.files.uploadhandler.MemoryFileUploadHandler", "django.core.files.uploadhandler.TemporaryFileUploadHandler") -A tuple of handlers to use for uploading. See :doc:`/topics/files` for details. +A tuple of handlers to use for uploading. Changing this setting allows complete +customization -- even replacement -- of Django's upload process. + +See :doc:`/topics/files` for details. .. setting:: FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE @@ -1290,6 +1293,9 @@ dependent behavior. On most platforms, temporary files will have a mode of ``0o600``, and files saved from memory will be saved using the system's standard umask. +For security reasons, these permissions aren't applied to the temporary files +that are stored in :setting:`FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR`. + This setting also determines the default permissions for collected static files when using the :djadmin:`collectstatic` management command. See :djadmin:`collectstatic` for details on overriding it. @@ -1303,7 +1309,6 @@ when using the :djadmin:`collectstatic` management command. See way that modes must be specified. If you try to use ``644``, you'll get totally incorrect behavior. - .. setting:: FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR @@ -1311,9 +1316,11 @@ FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR Default: ``None`` -The directory to store data temporarily while uploading files. If ``None``, -Django will use the standard temporary directory for the operating system. For -example, this will default to '/tmp' on \*nix-style operating systems. +The directory to store data (typically files larger than +:setting:`FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE`) temporarily while uploading files. +If ``None``, Django will use the standard temporary directory for the operating +system. For example, this will default to ``/tmp`` on \*nix-style operating +systems. See :doc:`/topics/files` for details. @@ -2926,6 +2933,8 @@ Error reporting * :setting:`MANAGERS` * :setting:`SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS` +.. _file-upload-settings: + File uploads ------------ * :setting:`DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE` |