Image file picker in WYSIWYG editor inserts broken external links to files in Alfresco repository

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Hi, Stefan

Thanks for the report, I stopped alfresco from using external link, it should always copying files, because it is not very secure to store the ticket in the url...

Dongsheng,

Does that mean that you cannot link to Alfreso Documents? Is copying files the only way now? Or will linking be possible again in Moodle 2.1?
Thanks for letting me know.

We do need to allow External links for Alfresco repository.
This repository and the security threats associated with direct linking is no different from any other repository. Thus, if the admin already allows external linking for an installation, Alfresco should also provide this option.
I believe we need to reopen this ticket.
Thank you!

p.s Related discussion: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=168495

Dongsheng,

External linking should still be possible, at least to publicly accessible content. (In Alfresco terms - content that has at least "Consumer"-role level permissions for the "guest" user assigned to it).
Links to content in Alfresco should be stored in "mdl_url" table, similar to URLs for Flickr-images.
Moodle then should be append the "guest=true" query parameter to the target URL before redirecting the request.

On a related note, it would be helpful to do a check for Alfresco access permissions during resource linking in Moodle.
In other words, if a user links to a content item in Alfresco via the file browser then they should be alerted if the selected resource is not publicly viewable.

Hope this makes sense.

Hi Dongsheng,

We would like to see this ticket reopen, too. We also want links to our Alfresco repository. If the document/image file allows guest access on Alfresco, it should be accessible without the ticket string. For resource links on the course section, I think it makes sense to bring up the Alfresco login page when users click on the link. That will also keep the Alfresco file permission integrity intact. I guess as a future enhancement, if Moodle can be configurated to SSO into Alfresco, the links to Alfresco could become seamless.

Thank you!

Hi Dongsheng,

We would like to see this ticket reopen, too. Linking to Alfresco very important for our schools in Germany.

Thanks a lot.

Would it be possible for a patch to be provided which restores proper insertion to an external link? It's easy enough to undo the changes in this patch so that the option to use an external link is back on the filepicker, however the actual link inserted from Alfresco lacks a working link to the Alfresco server and the storeage space. This is critical functionality for our users - a patch would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks very much.

Hi,all

I attached a patch to make external link possible for alfresco repository.

I cannot reopen this ticket because it is already closed, but feel free to create a new ticket, and kindly assign it to me.

Thanks!

Thank you Dongsheng for responding so quickly to our request for a patch. We have implemented it and so far our tests are working well. I truly appreciate your help!

Thanks very much,
Tammy

I have submitted MDL-26451
Thank you, Dong!