We have a WAMP setup here for our Moodle server, and we also have a SharePoint server with a half a terrabyte harddrive on it. Part of the reson it's so large is because it is to be our Moodle file store. But I am stuck on something I think will turn out to be simple, but that I cannot find an answer to.
I have changed the CFG->dataroot in config.php to \\s-SharePoint\s$\MoodleData and created that folder, but I get an error in Moodle then because the folder does not have web write access. How do I change that in Windows?
I have found a couple of pieces like the one below that give instructions, but fail on this one step. Can anyone help me out?
To clarify the question. It is not clear if the Moodle easily allows the set-up to be changed so that any image (or files uploaded) can be put on another server. We might want to do this for particular types of files, such as movies or audio clips.
Yes you can. The Moodle dataroot is set in the configuration page. The dataroot is the location you want all Moodle data to be saved; course information, users info, etc. As long as the server Moodle is on itself has as connection to the other servers you want to use then its possible.
For instance if you have a media server connected to your webserver then you can set your rootdata to ”/Volumes/media/folder_name.” You will need to make sure that this directory should be readable AND WRITEABLE by the web server user, but it should not be accessible directly via the web. On a PC you would just need to map the drive (‘C:\media/folder_name’).
Another way to do it would be to use symbolic links to reference locations other than the one set for the dataroot in the Moodle configuration file.
from http://kb.ucla.edu/articles/can-moodle-store-uploaded-files-on-another-server
