Error message: WordPress does not have write access

  • Resolved darkban

    (@darkban)


    11 years, 9 months ago

    Good day,

    Up until now the plugin worked perfectly. Today, after the last update suddenly the wp2db setting page started showing me a fatal error for not having write permissions.

    I tried to re-install and it didn’t have any effect. Tried changing the CHMOD to something more permissive than 755 and it didn’t change saying that for some reason i don’t have permissions to change it.

    As I’m able to change the permissions to anything else, I really don’t know how to make the plugin work for me.

    Could you please advise me what to do?

    Many Thanks in Advance,
    L.

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  • Plugin Contributor Michael De Wildt

    (@michaeldewildt)

    Gday mate,

    Hmm… Has anything changed on your server?

    What is the exact wording of the message you are getting?

    Cheers,
    Mikey

    Thread Starter darkban

    (@darkban)

    Gday Mikey,

    Nothing has changed on my server (as I know).

    The message that I’m getting is:

    Error message: WordPress does not have write access to ‘/home/operatio/public_html/wp-content/backups’. Please grant it write privileges before using this plugin.

    The current CHMOD privileges are 755.

    BTW: Your plugin is great. Many thanks on creating it as it saved me couple of time after hacking attempts.

    Plugin Contributor Michael De Wildt

    (@michaeldewildt)

    It’s possible that your Apache server is now running under a different user/permissions so 755 wont work any more.

    If it now runs in the same group as your FTP client then 765 should work. If not then you will have to go with 766.

    Cheers,
    Mikey

    Thread Starter darkban

    (@darkban)

    Well, it’s only that specific subdir that i cannot change permission to. I can change the permission to anything else but that.

    Maybe there’s a way to completely uninstall the plugin so I can re-install it?

    Plugin Contributor Michael De Wildt

    (@michaeldewildt)

    This is very odd,

    It appears that the backup directory was originally created by an Apache instance running as a different user to what it is now and what your FTP client runs as.

    I would raise an issue with your host to get directory removed or owner changed to something that both Apache and FTP can access.

    Unfortunately it’s not best practice for plugins to delete shared folders like backups on uninstall just in case it contains something that the user does not want removed.

    Cheers,
    Mikey

    Thread Starter darkban

    (@darkban)

    Thanks Mikey!

    L.

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