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-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst1
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/libraries/file_uploading.rst5
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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 053f57703..ecd0eb541 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Added the **min_width** and **min_height** options for images.
- Removed method ``clean_file_name()`` and its usage in favor of :doc:`Security Library <libraries/security>`'s ``sanitize_filename()``.
- Added **file_ext_tolower** config setting.
+ - Added **mod_mime_fix** option to disable suffixing multiple file extensions with an underscore.
- :doc:`Cart library <libraries/cart>` changes include:
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/file_uploading.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/file_uploading.rst
index a295d7427..ac56fabce 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/file_uploading.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/file_uploading.rst
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ Preference Default Value Options Descripti
**detect_mime** TRUE TRUE/FALSE (boolean) If set to TRUE, a server side detection of the file type will be
performed to avoid code injection attacks. DO NOT disable this option
unless you have no other option as that would cause a security risk.
+**mod_mime_fix** TRUE TRUE/FALSE (boolean) If set to TRUE, multiple filename extensions will be suffixed with an
+ underscore in order to avoid triggering `Apache mod_mime
+ <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_mime.html#multipleext>`_.
+ DO NOT turn off this option if your upload directory is public, as this
+ is a security risk.
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Setting preferences in a config file