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Let's say I have a linux server that I cannot really configure. I would like to upload via web page a quite big file ( ~100MB) but the server disconnect after 10 min. Is there any kind of software that can establish the connection without getting into server cfg details? If not what can cause this disconnection (most likely) ?

What I need a simple web site when 50 ppl can upload short movies and then watch them. It needs to run localy (no youtube ;/)

Any ideas? Thank you

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If you can't modify the server's configuration you're a bit stuck.

Chances are that the maximum file upload size is limited to somewhere around 25MB in the PHP config and that is why your server is disconnecting. It's also possible that either your web server's or your PHP connection's time-out settings have been set around the 10 minute mark.

If you can't modify any of these settings you're going to have to be creative; consider uploading the videos in shorter 10-20MB parts and then, either use an app on the server to re-join the files, or simply make people watch the videos in shorter parts.

Good luck!

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If you are using PHP for the upload page, then increase the maximum run time for this script. Anyway there are numerous other options, anonymous FTP, WebDAV, SCP/SFTP...

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