Does Duplicator actually need / write permission?

  • Resolved aarcane

    (@aarcane)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    I’m testing wordpress duplicator, and I’ve successfully migrated wordpress install to a new server. I get why the installer.php actually needs write permissions to / for most cases. However, What elludes me, even after browsing the sources is why does duplicator need permissions to the web root / ? I can’t find any references to anything actually writing there, and enabling php to write there is generally a security risk when not installing. If this is only needed for the installer, can the check from the duplicator package->new setup tab be converted to a warning instead of a fail? I’ve granted duplicator write access to /wp-snapshots, and it *should* be able to work just fine with only that. If it *needs* permissions to write to root right now, what actions need those, and I’ll submit a patch to remove those requirements.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/

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  • Cory Lamle

    (@corylamleorg)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hey Aarcane,

    Thanks for the feedback! It needs write permission to lay down the wp-snapshots folder when the plugin is activated. We could probably add a setting that prevents that requirement check from happening or skips it so that you won’t have issues when creating the package…

    Thread Starter aarcane

    (@aarcane)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    If the wp-snapshots folder exists and is writable, it should just be a warning, or skipped entirely.

    Cory Lamle

    (@corylamleorg)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Updates added… If you can give the developer version a try it should have the fixes for your issue. The very latest version (1.1.17) can be found by following these instructions:

    -> Browse to http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/duplicator/developers/
    -> Click on “Development Version” link and download the zip plugin file
    -> Uninstall your current version and install this one

    Let me know if this solves your issue…

    Thanks

    Thread Starter aarcane

    (@aarcane)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    That worked like a charm. Thank you kindly

    Cory Lamle

    (@corylamleorg)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    No problem, thanks for bringing up the issue!

    Cheers~

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