You need to give www-data write access for wordpress to be able to write to
files.  chmod -R 775 www/
Whether a web daemon SHOULD have access to edit its own files is a whole
nother question.

On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 7:35 PM <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:

>
> Hi I am running a local server running Ubunto 16.04LTS with a stock LAMP
> install that runs  stock Apache.
>
> I have an install of WordPress under
> /var/www/vhost/{vhost-name}/public_html
>
> Here is my problem.
>
> I can either FTP or WordPress can edit / remove file.  I cannot do both.
> Not sure why.
>
> To allow WordPress to modify files I must:  (I cannot SFTP)
>
>    - chown -R {my-user-name}:www-data www/
>    - chmod -R 755 www/
>
> To allow me to SFTP I must change the file ownership:  (WordPress cannot
> modify files)
>
>    - chown -R {my-user-name}:www-data www/
>
> I would like to be able to FTP and allow WordPress to modify files.
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
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