does the wordpress service run as a user with membership in the www-data group? It should, but you never know. On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 8:18 PM wrote: > Thanks!! > > Ownership is {my-user-name}:www-data > > Permissions is 775 > > I added {my-user-name} to the www-data group : usermod -a -G www-data > {my-user-name} > > /etc/group has an entry www-data:x:33:{my-user-name} which I assume > verifies {my-user-name} was added to the www-data group? > > I can SFTP and I can remote edit using my editor, however WordPress asks > for FTP credentials when I try to remove a plugin. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks!! > > > > > > On 2019-06-20 19:47, James Mcphee wrote: > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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