googling your problem shows some solutions that might help. i'm not a wordpress user myself, more of a general unix sysadmin. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3987108/upload-or-delete-wp-plugins-without-a-ftp-account On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 8:34 PM James Mcphee wrote: > 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 > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com