Thread:Project:Support desk/Upload: temporary file not found

Hi,

I have a problem regarding file upload (PHP 5.1.2, MediaWiki 1.16.2 on an openSUSE system). When I try to upload a file, it first gives me an error that the file's MIME type does not fit its file name extension. When I deactivate the MIME check, the true problem is revealed: The temporary upload file cannot be found (not sure what the English error message would be as I use the German version, it says something like "Error: file /var/phpupload/blahblahblah not found".

Indeed, the requested temporary upload file is not created in that directory. There are no settings altering the temporary upload path or anything else in php.ini whatsoever.

Has anyone ever encountered something similar?