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1. jazzylee77
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I recently did a fresh install of Wordpress. This is the first time I've done so on this particular server and I had a couple hiccups I don't usually see.

   Having a database server other than localhost was the first thing. But that was simple enough to put the correct path in.

   Then I had trouble with uploading images via the admin panel. It seems I can't do this on this server without chmodding the uploads folder to 777.

   Is this because the server is being accessed from the database, which is not localhost?

   Having folders 777 isn't the best solution. Any suggestions?

   The host's tech support answer to this was...
   

   Did you read documentation to wordpress? Maybe you need to switch something or chmod. Yes having folders chmoded to 777 is not secure, but as I know many blogs have this issue, because need to upload from http.

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Is this because the server is being accessed from the database, which is not localhost?

   No, it is because only with those permissions will the folder be writable. It is different on many hosts...

   The tech support was right.

3. jazzylee77
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ok, thanks for the response.

   Now I can't help but wonder why a host would want a server set up that way?

4. lebonchat
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi Jazzylee77,

   Thank you for replying to my earlier post on support for an image issue! I really appreciate you taking the time to write back. You mentioned other wordpress forums...Can you point me in the right direction?

   Thank you,

   kat
   lebonchat

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