Also, you're going to want to add your user to the www-data group. Then check to see what perms a modified or added file has. If it's not something you can write to, you'll have to set some suids or default facls. On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 7:42 PM James Mcphee wrote: > 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 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!! >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com