How to change file upload restrictions for personal files

Problem Description

The file upload restrictions for Files module can either be enabled, or disabled. Additionally, a blacklist or a whitelist of file restrictions can be created. For file size upload restrictions, see Files – Configure

Solution with Websphere Commandline Interface

Search the IBM Connections documentation for the steps to solve your problem.

1. Start the wsadmin commandline interface as administrator. ATTENTION: All commands for the commandline interface are case sensitive!
2. Activate the relevant Jython script.
3. Check out the relevant IBM Connections configuration XML file.
4. Open the IBM Connections configuration XML file and edit the parameters. ATTENTION: Make sure you don’t accidentally violate the XML schema, e.g. by forgetting to close a tag or a quotation mark.
5. Check in the configuration file again.

Solution with Connections Administration Toolkit (CAT)

Navigate to Administration – Files, subsection Restrictions. There, you can view the current settings and adjust them to accordingly.

After editing the parameters, a confirmation popup summarizes the changes and allows you to enter a comment. All changes, comments, and who made them, are logged by the CAT application.