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That doesn't make any sense to me. I do not have a tmp folder anywhere outside the root. I cannot find the /tmp folder supposedly outside the folder where my Drupal instance is located. Well, let me correct that. I found one, but placing the recommended .htaccess file in it didn't solve the error message. It didn't seem to be the correct tmp directory. Maybe I don't fully understand where outside the root dir is at? Isn't it the directory above where the installation is at? Is it in the html folder, the sites folder, or above the html folder?

Will the instructions in http://drupal.org/SA-CORE-2013-003 work if I create a tmp folder in the html folder? Where exactly do I create the tmp directory?

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  • @Mołot, I believe this new question is a follow-up question that is posted because the OP was unable to make use of the previous answer to the question you've nominated as a duplicate. The dialogue used to nominate for deletion a follow-up question mis-posted under another question encourages people who cannot use existing answers to "ask a new question". This is exactly what the OP has done here.
    – Free Radical
    Commented May 21, 2014 at 7:47
  • @FreeRadical OP did not mention he seen the older question at all, and the accepted answer starts with browse to admin/config/media/file-system - the very instruction about finding out where these directories are. I don't see a follow-up here, I see the same question, the same problem with finding out where to put files, and the same solution. Just slightly different words. If it's a follow up, and OP already knows where to browse, why do you repeat it in your answer? There should be no need to do so.
    – Mołot
    Commented May 21, 2014 at 7:52
  • @Mołot, this question is not about admin/config/media/file-system (the OP already knows that, I just included it for context). The new question is: How do you locate the path you find mentioned on that page (i.e. /tmp) in the server's file system? This is a new question and it has not AFAIK not been answered before.
    – Free Radical
    Commented May 21, 2014 at 8:16

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Maybe I don't fully understand where outside the root dir is at? Isn't it the directory above where the installation is at? Is it in the html folder, the sites folder, or above the html folder?

The tmp folder is where your configuration says it is.

I looks like you've already navigated to Administration » Configuration » Media » File system, and found that the field "Temporary directory" says /tmp - so that is where it is (this is also the default location).

Now, this is a file system path, not a Drupal path. The "/" in front tells you it is in the file system root.

To navigate to it, use the following command in the Gnu/Linux CLI:

 cd /tmp

Will the instructions in http://drupal.org/SA-CORE-2013-003 work if I create a tmp folder in the html folder?

No.

Where exactly do I create the tmp directory?

You don't create it. It should already exist on your system.

To fix the error message regarding the .htaccess in /tmp related to the security update you mention, do as follows:

First, in the GNU/Linux CLI, use the following two commands:

 cd /tmp
 rm .htaccess

Then in the Drupal GUI, as admin, navigate to Administration » Configuration » Media » File system. Do not change anything, but press "Save configuration". This will make Drupal create the correct .htaccess in the right place.

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  • Please note that rm .hraccess should be rm .htaccess to anyone that didn't catch that.
    – Christia
    Commented Nov 30, 2017 at 0:58
  • @Christia, thanks for ctaching that typo. Corrected now.
    – Free Radical
    Commented Dec 3, 2017 at 15:56

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