Profile pictures uploaded are bugged

SoupOrSoda

When I try to upload a profile picture, I get this in console:
Error
And my profile picture becomes this:
What it becomes

clarkwinkelmann

SoupOrSoda do the files exist on the disk? (in public/assets/avatars)

if the files don't exist on disk, there might be filesystem permission issues that prevent Flarum from writing to the folder.

If the files exist, maybe there is a rewrite rule or other webserver configuration that messes with Flarum's ability to load files from the assets folder? Does logo/favicon upload work?

SoupOrSoda

clarkwinkelmann They do not exist.
Do I chown the directory, or do I use chmod etc

EDIT: Fixed by doing

cd /var/www/html/public/assets && chown www-data avatars/

SoupOrSoda

Also, on my site you can access assets/forum.js and other files in the public folder, should this be allowed?

clarkwinkelmann

SoupOrSoda yes, the public folder is intended to be publicly accessible (as the name suggests). The forum.js file is the main javascript file that the app needs to load.

It's other folders like storage and vendor that shouldn't be publicly accessible. Since they are one level higher than the public folder they would automatically be outside of the website root and therefore never accessible.