this happened for me when permissions on some folders were off
files should (typically) be 644 and folders should (typically) be 755
is this shared hosting?
if yes most host providers can reset your perms for you
do you have ssh access?
this can be done with a few commands if you are comfortable on the command line
find /path/to/doc/root -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find /path/to/doc/root -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
I suggest reading the caveats of this at the source page to reduce the chances of breaking your install
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Thread Starter
Robert
(@robg48)
Hi Bernbe,
All my folders were set to 705.
Any ideas how that happened? It seems that the automatic upgrade to 4.1.1 did it as everything worked fine before that.
Thanks for your help!
Rob
i have no idea how it happened 😛 sorry
it’s likely environment created, there is something in *nix called a directory create mask and when not speicified new folders are created with those generic perms. if i had to guess i’d guess that
happy to help, glad it’s going for you
if you’re all set please tag this as resolved
Thread Starter
Robert
(@robg48)
Actually, that didn’t fix the problem…lol
ok, same exact symptoms? prompting for ftp credentials to update the plugins?
Thread Starter
Robert
(@robg48)
Yes.
And some other strange stuff as well:
Getting errors uploading data – “Failed to open output stream”
And, in certain automated feeds, I’mm getting errors about url’s to jpegs,
for articles, not being valid – even though the url’s work perfectly.
All these things started at the same time yesterday…and I believe
they all started after the upgrade to 4.1.1.
can you please paste the actual error over?
this could be a symptom of the update to 4.1.1 only partially completing
Thread Starter
Robert
(@robg48)
Here’s one error from the log of a plugin:- WARNING: File
http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple3/v4/89/2e/72/892e72ad-0b3b-04c2-d6b6-70e534398ccc/screen480x480.jpeg is not a valid image and cannot be set as featured one
The other simply states: Failed to open output stream.
Also, this is happening on two sites of mine.
does it give you a file name for the output stream it’s failing to open?
and for that image, can you try resetting the featured image and in library add the new image by url?
Thread Starter
Robert
(@robg48)
Hey bernbe – sorry, had to run out for a bit….good question about resetting the featured image manually…I’ll try.
That particular output stream error is when using WPAllImport, and uploading a .csv file – one that worked hours before.
Then I tried it on another site, same error using any .csv file. Then I tried another importer – CSVImporter – same error.
back in “the day” this issue was caused by host platform, whats your platform?
are both of the sites you’ve tested with on the same host?
i definitely see some other people with this same issue on that host. i’d reach out to them at this point, they likely will be able to point you in the right direction
same host issues
same host issues
same host issues
Thread Starter
Robert
(@robg48)
Hmmm….okay, just read those links. I think I’m going to try and re-install
Wordpress…brb!
