Inconsistant file permissions

  • InnerNet

    (@innernet)


    11 years ago

    My WP is telling me to Update immediately, even though I already did a manual update and the site told me it had the latest update. So this time I thought I would set up an automatic update using my FTP information. However that did not go through and the message I got was
    “The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.: wp-admin/includes/update-core.php”
    All of my file permissions are set to 644. Any ideas on how I can solve this problem, or what permissions this needs to have to go through?

    Thanks!

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  • RossMitchell

    (@rossmitchell)

    11 years ago

    The problem is that the apache2 service runs in it own username, so the 644 permissions for your login do not permit it to write to your directories and files.
    Options are to do your own updates or set more generous file permissions.

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