The permission in windows needs to be set properly on the inetpub directory and children of that directory. Usually it has to do with the IUSR, but you should really look that up for whatever http daemon you are using.
Hello Frump.
Thank you for responding. I have used windows explorer/properties/Security in all ‘inetpup’ to give full control to me as administrator of the machine.
I have further given full control to IIS_IUSRS where ever it appears within that directory.
No change in being able to edit…
I still am not sure what daemon your using, but with mine I have IUSR and IIS_IUSRS and etc.. hrm..
if you’re logged on as administrator, check if the uploads directory exists, if it does check its permissions itself
According to this:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/271-upgrade-with-iis-permissions?replies=2
You should grant network rwx to the wordpress directory as well
I have just re checked that full permissions are set for Administrator & IIS_IUSRS every directory and subdirectory of inetpub. (the root directory created in the rood of my drive C)
This is my first foray into database driven stuff, so sorry to be a pain…
Is ‘IIS_IUSRS’ the network that you refer to, if so, it has the full set of permissions!
I have manually created the mage directories, checked their permissions and I now get the error message:
The uploaded file could not be moved to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/01.
I’ve had that happen to my system as well
That’s because inside the php.ini file it was pointing to a temp directory that was not underneith the inetpub and set to the same permissions.
So if you edit the php.ini file, create a temp directory in the inetpub and point it to it, making sure it’s the proper permissions, I do believe it will start working
Network is a permission set, like IIS_USRS but it’s not, it’s named Network
OK, Thanks – I’ll try the php.ini
I am flumuxed as to where to find ‘Network’ – I’ll give it a good searching for 🙂
I have now checked and double checked – I cannot find a file ‘php.ini’
Where should it be please?
I found a php.ini in C:\program file (x86)\PHP\php.ini
I presume this is it – I need to give it a good read…
I cannot find a Network ‘SET’ ina the security settings of any directory associated with WP???? Any idea where I should look?
Nope if you don’t have it don’t worry about it. It’s something with IIS –
Did you set the temp directory in the php.ini to one created in the inetpub ?
A huge thanks for your help this evening…
I just tried to setup a temp directory pointing to appropriate WP directory bit when going to save, I get the error words to the effect: The file may be write protected or in use by another program. Use Save As and use another name
I rebooted & tried again – same error.
(I am editing it with the latest UltraEdit text editor & checked that php.ini has full perms…
I didn’t try that because if it is in use, I wont be able to rename/delete/etc…
I am absolutely stumped and now a rotten headache – I have been trying for the last 6 hours solid! 🙁
My platform is win7home 64bit, 6core, 8Gbram, 7T storage so it should be pokey enough to cope!
If you’re not logged in as administrator that would happen…
my php installed to c:\program files\php .. it’s where I set it to go when I installed
I am logged on as supervisor
I accepted all the defaults offered on installation when installing to localhost…
Frumph, I am indebted to you for your help – I have learnt many things, even though I can’t get it working on the localhost.
I have just changed my webserver from MS operating system to linux so that I could have mySQL facility…
Do you think I will have similar problems if I upload WP to a “wp” directory on my website?
