Is permission 750 not enough when installing plugin?

  • Resolved MrBW

    (@mrbw)


    8 years, 12 months ago

    I’ve just change the permissions on my WP folders on my server to 750 for all files and directories which means:
    Owner: R, W and X
    Group (Apache user): R and X
    Others: none

    On wp-content I set Group = 770 (also giving it write permission) recursively.

    Now I cannot update a plugin (WooCommerce) using the WP admin/backend.
    It’s asking for FTP credentials…why is that?

    I expect that installing/updating a plugins etc. from wp admin it will use the group (Apache user “www-data [33]”) permissions.
    As the group have full access to wp-content there should not be a problem, right?
    Or are files outside wp-content written to when installing/updating plugins?

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  • Thread Starter MrBW

    (@mrbw)

    it seems the apache user “www-data [33]” need to be owner, not just the group!

    Thread Starter MrBW

    (@mrbw)

    Can someone tell me why www-data neeed to be owner to be able to e.g. install a plug-in?
    I would expect that if www-data is the group and it has R,W,X on both files and directories, then you should be able to install plugins without being asked for FTP credentials, right?

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