WordPress file ownership and Permissions

[James Mcphee]

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 <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> 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 <jmcphe at gmail.com> 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 <techlists at 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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