Enabling .exe extension for FieldtypeFile

[xportde]

How does one enable executables to be uploaded to the File field? Just adding the file extension to the accepted extensions does not seem to work.

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[Robin S]

"exe" is among the file extensions that is blocked in WireUpload.php

/**
 * Disallowed extensions for uploaded filenames
 * 
 * @var array
 * 
 */
protected $badExtensions = array('php', 'php3', 'phtml', 'exe', 'cfm', 'shtml', 'asp', 'pl', 'cgi', 'sh');

But it turns out you can override this by setting your own custom array of blocked extensions in your /site/config.php

// Remove "exe" from array of file extensions blocked by WireUpload
$config->uploadBadExtensions = array('php', 'php3', 'phtml', 'cfm', 'shtml', 'asp', 'pl', 'cgi', 'sh');

Of course exe is probably blocked by default for a reason so you would want to do your own research about possible risks involved in allowing such files on your server.

[xportde]

I will keep that in mind. Thank you Robin ?