why fourm mods dont allow .log file extenstion?

[gergeskirolos59]

same as title , i need to rename .log files to .txt to be able to upload it

 

[nxjoseph@]

I think that the forum software expects files with the known mime types aka extensions.

 

[gergeskirolos59]

I think that the forum software expects files with the known mime types aka extensions.

i think also that the mods is able to change this

 

[Espionage724]

What's a log file if not plaintext?

There might be an app that handles log files, but I wonder if that'd be ripe for code execution on malicious .log files?

 

[covacat]

it's either not configured or it just sucks
.c, .tar, .gz are also not supported without any good reason

 

[gergeskirolos59]

What's a log file if not plaintext?

There might be an app that handles log files, but I wonder if that'd be ripe for code execution on malicious .log files?

they are plaintext so why dont just allow it just as .txt

 

[Kai Burghardt]

[W]hy [do the] fo[ru]m mod[erator]s […]n[o]t allow .log [as a ]file extens[…]ion?

.c, .tar, .gz are also not supported without any good reason

According to a 2014 post by DutchDaemon it worked for files up to a reasonable size. Maybe an update reset the settings. Anyway, if it was possible to configure back then I hope it’s still possible to do it today. I doubt that this was a deliberate policy change by the forum moderators.​

Re: Attachments not working?

You should find that

• archives (7z, ace, bz2, gtar, gz, rar, tar, tgz, torrent, zip) (up to 256 KB).
• plain-text files (c, cf, conf, cpp, csv, diz, h, hpp, ini, js, log, txt, xml) (up to 256 KB).
• images (gif, jpeg, jpg, png, tga, tif, tiff) (up to 2 MB).

are now allowed

Note the unresolved thread Thread 102324, XenForo should send an appropriate Content‑Type header, too. Until then it’s more convenient to embed an excerpt of the *.log file in a [code] block.​

 

[MG]

Not sure about the reason but It used to be a habit against malware because the Windows system that's running the browser or Outlook can be made to anticipate on particular filename extensions by spyware-like programs. Many sites started offering and accepting .txt files only but it's something from long ago.

 

[SirDice]

Added log as an allowed file extension.

 

[AlfredoLlaquet]

Added log as an allowed file extension.

Look at that. Color me impressed.

(Oh, no! I'm posting.)