WordPress file ownership and Permissions

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How would I know what user WordPress runs as?  And how would I know what
groups that user is in? 

On 2019-06-20 20:34, 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 <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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