Permission error when trying to upgrade?

I’ve had the same problems and I’m unable to change permissions using Filezilla or directly through GoDaddy!??! Help please!!!

I just mentioned this a couple days ago in another post but here it is again. Delete the entire ‘upgrade’ folder from your wp-content folder in your WordPress install. This will not damage anything, and furthermore I recommend doing so after every upgrade. I’ve done this many times and in fact, if I neglect to do so before attempting to upgrade again (especially for a core upgrade), the upgrade will generally fail (with similar errors to the ones you guys are describing)! I assume this is because I do not set any of my file/folder permissions to world-writeable (755 or 777)??? I’ve had sites hacked a few times and as such will not allow my files/folders to have world-writeable permissions.

please excuse my mistake (I was a little tired when trolling here, winding down after some long hours of coding)!
755 is not world-writeable for folders ??
in fact, 0755 is the proper permission for most folders and 0644 is best for most files (unless you know better).
peace~

hello when i upgrade i show this erore
some one help me

Downloading update from https://www.ads-software.com/wordpress-2.8.zip
Unpacking the core update
Warning: copy(/inetpub/vhosts/rohfun.com/httpdocs/blog/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in E:\inetpub\vhosts\rohfun.com\httpdocs\blog\wp-admin\includes\class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 122
Could not copy files
Installation Failed

I am getting the same “could not copy:…” error message on everything I try to do with my auto updgrades. Whether it’s upgrading wordpress to 2.8.1 or installing/ upgrading plugins. My permissions are all set to allow access.

What is the explanation for this? I can install my plugins manually, but really don’t have the skill, time or guts to go through the manual upgrade or wordpress.

This problem is far too ubiquitous for it to continue to be unresolved. Please help!

Just to say, I’m having this problem of “could not copy files” too … Any resolution would be greatly appreciated!

I had a similar issue with plug-in updates, it had to do with the permissions on the update folder. I had to change it to 775 for it to be able to update correctly. It had previously been set to 755.

775 = drwxrwxr-x
755 = drwxr-xr-x

Any idea?

Warning: copy(/XXX/license.txt) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /XXX/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 122

File could not be copied.: /www/htdocs/XXX/license.txt

upgrade-folder has already 777 permissions. From where does the script want top copy things?

I could only get as far as unpacking core update with my 2.8.1 upgrade/update until I deleted the wp-content/upgrade folder. Did the trick. Changing permissions on that folder did not for me.

I am such a newbie at this I shouldn’t be allowed to reply to questions, but I figured out a similar problem on my setup and maybe it will help someone here as well.

I read that the CHMOD function does not work on Windows based hosting accounts — only on Linux. I have a Windowss hosting account with GoDaddy and it took me some time but I found that going into Account Manager >> Hosting Control Panel >> Manage Account >> Content >> File Manager leads me (finally!) to a place where I can set permissions.

I put a screenshot on my site.

Of course, if your server is hosted with a different company, the process may be different, but perhaps this will help lead you to the right place where you can change the permissions.

By the way, once I changed the permissions to “read” AND “write” for the site, I was able to make backups, upgrade my WP program, etc. with no problems. As soon as I was done, I went back and changed the permissions back to read only.

Hope this helps!