Read attachments from an external directory

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hi all from Spain!

This is my first post, I've been 'playing' with JForum and I would like to know if its posible to read/display attachment files (specifically pictures) from an external folder.

SITUATION
aplication directory: /opt/websphere/forum
attachment directory: /data/upload

After puting this in SystemGlobals.properties,

# Directory to store the files
attachments.upload.dir = /data/upload
attachments.store.dir = ${attachments.upload.dir}

I managed to store the files in the desired directory but pictures are not displayed when read

Seeing the source code of the webpage:

<img "  border="0"/>

I don't think this problem is related with privilegues because if I click on the download link I get any file succesfully, even pictures.

Anyone knows how can I fix this?

Thanks in advance


[originally posted on jforum.net by karlox]