creating attachment failed unique check

[ssalmine@…]

Here is a traceback (filenames changed to protect the innocents):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/web/modpython_frontend.py", line
206, in handler
    dispatch_request(mpr.path_info, mpr, env)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 139, in
dispatch_request
    dispatcher.dispatch(req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 107, in
dispatch
    resp = chosen_handler.process_request(req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/attachment.py", line 265,
in process_request
    self._do_save(req, attachment)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/attachment.py", line 333,
in _do_save
    attachment.insert(filename, upload.file, size)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/attachment.py", line 145,
in insert
    filename))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/util.py", line 171, in
create_unique_file
    raise Exception('Failed to create unique name: ' + path)
Exception: Failed to create unique name:
/data/tracroot/symbian/attachments/wiki/SomeDir/SomeFile.100.sis

[eblot]

Can you double-check that:

• /data/tracroot/symbian/attachments/wiki/ does exist
• /data/tracroot/symbian/attachments/wiki/ is writable from the process that runs your Apache server

[anonymous]

I also got this error when trying to add a patch file as an attachment to the CakePHP trac (trac.cakephp.org).

[pookey@…]

I also just got this, appears it's set the permissions on the directroy wrong (for 219)

# ls -la /var/lib/trac/doctrine/attachments/ticket/
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 apache apache 4096 Nov 3 07:37 .
drwxrwxr-x 3 apache doctrine 4096 Oct 29 00:33 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 Oct 29 16:16 146
drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 Oct 29 00:33 207
drw-rw-rw- 2 apache apache 4096 Nov 3 07:37 219

[cboos]

#4584 closed as duplicate.

[cboos]

Reformatting comment:3:

# ls -la /var/lib/trac/doctrine/attachments/ticket/
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 apache apache   4096 Nov  3 07:37 .
drwxrwxr-x 3 apache doctrine 4096 Oct 29 00:33 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache   4096 Oct 29 16:16 146
drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache   4096 Oct 29 00:33 207
drw-rw-rw- 2 apache apache   4096 Nov  3 07:37 219

[sid]

#5142 was marked as duplicate of this ticket.