Title: Change wordpress server – permission problems
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Change wordpress server – permission problems

 *  [daimpa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daimpa/)
 * (@daimpa)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-wordpress-server-permission-problems/)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve just changed my wordpress server/url, and I’ve a problem with file permissions.
 * On the old server I had almost everywhere 755 (I think it’s by default, right?).
   In the new server permission are as they were on the old server, but now when
   I try to edit (for example) a template, directly from wordpress, it says me that
   I’ve to change the file permissions and make it writable. Only 777 works.
 * I’ve full access to this server. I’ve a root account which controls everything
   and an FTP account which controls the Document Directory. I tried to assign wordpress
   files to both account but I didn’t had success. What should I do?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-wordpress-server-permission-problems/#post-5562802)
 * Permissions have a complex interaction with the hosting environment, in particular
   which user the PHP environment runs under.
 * There is a comprehensive article here:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 * Please let us know what settlement you work out.
 *  Thread Starter [daimpa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daimpa/)
 * (@daimpa)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-wordpress-server-permission-problems/#post-5562829)
 * Hello, first of all thanks for the reply. I’ve read that article but it didn’t
   helped as my problem is that I’m not recognized as owner.
 * I’m on a centos server, I use webmin as control panel, and I’ve ssh access. If
   I check the files owner user and group, it’s the user I want. What should I do?
   Thanks.
 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-wordpress-server-permission-problems/#post-5562847)
 * My reading of the article is that the files should have group ownership which
   includes the apache server, also that permissions should be 755 for directories
   and 644 for files, but it would seem that 775 and 664 is more reasonable.

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 * [server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/server/)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-wordpress-server-permission-problems/#post-5562847)
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