I‘d like to put limits on user(s) who are uploading files. How do I restricts the total size of the HTTP request body sent from the client under Apache 2 Web server?
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For example, limit /var/www/vhost/cyberciti.biz/wp-uploads to 100K, you might use the following directive (add to .htaccess or httpd.conf file):
<Directory "/var/www/vhost/cyberciti.biz/wp-uploads"> LimitRequestBody 102400 </Directory>
Save and close the file. You need to restart or reload the httpd server as follows:
# service httpd restart
OR
# service httpd reload
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The example is a bit misleading, since most probably files being uploaded to the /wp-uploads directory will be uploaded via a request to a script which is in another folder (usually its parent).
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It’s old, but it’s a high ranking on Google, so I’m going to correct slightly here: you don’t need to do an httpd restart. Do a reload – it saves resources and keeps everything online.