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  <title>Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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  <subtitle>Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-04-06T00:27:41Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-06T00:27:41Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>RE: Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Hitoshi Ozawa</name>
    </author>
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    <updated>2012-05-27T00:38:39Z</updated>
    <published>2012-05-27T00:38:39Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;blockquote&gt;no, not the name of the file. the extension of the file. .exe to .txt. &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the point is that only file with permitted file extension can be uploaded but that file extension can be changed to those are prohibited to be uploaded.</summary>
    <dc:creator>Hitoshi Ozawa</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-05-27T00:38:39Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>RE: Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>bo li</name>
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    <updated>2012-05-26T14:46:30Z</updated>
    <published>2012-05-26T14:46:30Z</published>
    <summary type="html">no, not the name of the file. the extension of the file.   .exe to .txt.</summary>
    <dc:creator>bo li</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-05-26T14:46:30Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>RE: Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Hitoshi Ozawa</name>
    </author>
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    <updated>2012-05-26T12:02:11Z</updated>
    <published>2012-05-26T12:02:11Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;blockquote&gt;First I configured Documents and Media allowed upload file .txt.&lt;br /&gt;Then I modified abc.exe to abc.txt.&lt;br /&gt;The file was uploaded successfully. &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You mean file name was &lt;strong&gt;changed&lt;/strong&gt; successfully.</summary>
    <dc:creator>Hitoshi Ozawa</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-05-26T12:02:11Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>RE: Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>bo li</name>
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    <updated>2012-05-25T20:52:19Z</updated>
    <published>2012-05-25T20:52:19Z</published>
    <summary type="html">Liferay6.1-ce-ga1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First I configured Documents and Media allowed upload file .txt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I modified abc.exe   to abc.txt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The file was uploaded successfully.</summary>
    <dc:creator>bo li</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-05-25T20:52:19Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>RE: Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Hitoshi Ozawa</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=14030558</id>
    <updated>2012-05-21T11:23:40Z</updated>
    <published>2012-05-21T11:23:40Z</published>
    <summary type="html">Can you provide us with the exact steps so we can reproduce the error? Please include Liferay&amp;#39;s version number and which bundle you are using.&lt;br /&gt;It may be a bug but we need to verify it first.</summary>
    <dc:creator>Hitoshi Ozawa</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-05-21T11:23:40Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>RE: Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Ravi Kumar Gupta</name>
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    <updated>2012-05-21T04:38:25Z</updated>
    <published>2012-05-21T04:38:25Z</published>
    <summary type="html">Yep Hitoshi, Thats right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just thought this will give him some pointers on what value to set in control panel. &lt;img alt="emoticon" src="@theme_images_path@/emoticons/happy.gif" &gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Ravi Kumar Gupta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-05-21T04:38:25Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>RE: Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Hitoshi Ozawa</name>
    </author>
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    <updated>2012-05-21T03:54:02Z</updated>
    <published>2012-05-21T03:54:02Z</published>
    <summary type="html">Ravi, he&amp;#39;s setting from Control Panel -&amp;gt; Server Administration -&amp;gt; File Uploads -&amp;gt; Allowed File Extensions</summary>
    <dc:creator>Hitoshi Ozawa</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-05-21T03:54:02Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>RE: Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Ravi Kumar Gupta</name>
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    <updated>2012-05-21T03:38:21Z</updated>
    <published>2012-05-21T03:38:21Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;Check the portal.properties file for this documentation about extensions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;
#
    # A file extension of * will permit all file extensions.
    #
    dl.file.extensions=*
    #dl.file.extensions=.bmp,.css,.doc,.docx,.dot,.gif,.gz,.htm,.html,.jpg,.js,.lar,.odb,.odf,.odg,.odp,.ods,.odt,.pdf,.png,.ppt,.pptx,.rtf,.swf,.sxc,.sxi,.sxw,.tar,.tiff,.tgz,.txt,.vsd,.xls,.xlsx,.xml,.zip,.jrxml
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Ravi Kumar Gupta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-05-21T03:38:21Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Lifay allow to upload any type of files to document library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>bo li</name>
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    <updated>2012-05-21T01:42:42Z</updated>
    <published>2012-05-21T01:42:42Z</published>
    <summary type="html">I am not sure about what types of file liferay allow to upload, I know that we can configue the upload file extensions in the control panel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I tried to modify the .exe to .txt, I still can upload it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does this mean I can upload any type of file?</summary>
    <dc:creator>bo li</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-05-21T01:42:42Z</dc:date>
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