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1. saphod
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   I am using the Slickr Gallery plugin to show my flickr photos AJAX-style.

   When I try to automatically clear the slickr-used cache via options, I am told that it did not work and that I have to clear the cache manually.

   And here lies the problem:
   using FTP, I have no rights to delete the cache files! Filezilla shows a different user "wwwrun" as owner of the files.

   Is this a host-related or a plugin-related issue?

   Also, please see
   http://www.saphod.net/2007/08/27/wordpress-plugin-slickr-gallery/
   for a detailed problem description.

   Thanks!

2. whooami
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   the reason you cannot delete them in ftp is because they were created by, and the owner of the files, is the web server.

   If you have cpanel access, you ought to be able to send them to the trash via its file manager.

   I'm assuming plesk has something similar.

3. saphod
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi whoami,

   thanks for the quick answer...

   I know I am able to set the rights back through the admin site that my hoster provides. After setting them back, I am able to delete them, no problem...

   But: I find this solution pretty annoying, so I thought one may change the code in the plugin so that the files are actually stored with the rights of the ftp-user. Isn't that possible?

   An interesting fact is that "Extended Live Archive" uses a cache, too, which also runs under wwwrun - but I do not get an error when I clear the cache via options... unlike Slickr...

   When Slickr wants to delete cache files, why is there an error, anyway? It ought to run under wwwrun, also, shouldn't it?

   I am all confused... :-)

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I cant speak to those issues since Im not familiar with the plugin, sorry.

5. saphod
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks for trying, anyway.
   Maybe anyone else? :-)

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