File permissions scan not working

  • Resolved Just Here

    (@sefaarslan88gmailcom)


    9 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    On my dashboard there is an option to turn on security for “File permissions”. Now it is OFF. I want to turn it ON. So I select it and it automaticly goes to the options of this feature.

    Then I see: “WP Directory and File Permissions Scan Results: 0/20”

    and this:

    root directory E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/ Current permission: 0777 Recommended permission: 0755
    wp-includes/ E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/wp-includes Current permission: 0 Recommended permission: 0755
    .htaccess E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/.htaccess Current permission: 0666 Recommended permission: 0644
    wp-admin/index.php E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/wp-admin/index.php Current permission: 0666 Recommended permission: 0644
    wp-admin/js/ E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/wp-admin/js/ Current permission: 0777 Recommended permission: 0755
    wp-content/themes/ E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/wp-content/themes Current permission: 0777 Recommended permission: 0755
    wp-content/plugins/ E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/wp-content/plugins Current permission: 0777 Recommended permission: 0755
    wp-admin/ E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/wp-admin Current permission: 0777 Recommended permission: 0755
    wp-content/ E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/wp-content Current permission: 0777 Recommended permission: 0755
    wp-config.php E:\HostingSpaces\myspace\mywebsite.nl\wwwroot/wp-config.php Current permission: 0666 Recommended permission: 0644

    So, I can click for eacht to set the recommended permission. I get the next message: “The permissions for E:\\HostingSpaces\\myspace\\mywebsite.nl\\wwwroot/wp-config.php were succesfully changed to 0644” But it is NOT changing! No one of the lines are changing.

    Is this because my host has a Windows based server? I always first grant access to wwwroot via cpanel when I’m editting something on my website, but it still didn’t work..

    Anyone any idea? I want to make it 20/20 : )

    Sef.

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  • Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    Hi Just Here, you will have to speak to your host and ask them for support in regards to php file permission settings settings for WordPress.

    Thread Starter Just Here

    (@sefaarslan88gmailcom)

    Hi mbrsolution,

    What do you mean exactly? What should I ask them?

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    Hi Just Here, speak to your host and ask them how can you set up your WordPress website running in their Windows Server. You also have to ask them how do you set up the file permission correctly because of this issue you are experiencing.

    Regards

    Thread Starter Just Here

    (@sefaarslan88gmailcom)

    After fixing my .htacces file, I still can’t change the file permissions.

    This plugin gives the option to change the file permissions by clicking on a button simply, but nothing happens, also after fixing the .htaccess file. I think I know what the problem is:

    My file permissions are changeable via cpanel. Because the host is a Windows based server nad not a Linux based server, the File permissions options of this plugin can’t change from 0666 to 0644. Or from 0777 to 0755 for example.
    That doesn’t work with a Windows based server. The plugin doesn’t know it is Windows based, so it still asks me to change the permissions for more security.

    Could that be the problem? Am I right?

    Sef

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    Yes that is correct, Windows servers work differently to Apache servers. Your best option is to ask your host to help you with file permissions.

    Thread Starter Just Here

    (@sefaarslan88gmailcom)

    thank you

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