Thread Starter
kuene
(@kuene)
Sorry for the mess. I will explain it better I hope…
I run debian stable with PHP 5.4.4-14+deb7u14 and Mysql Server version: 5.5.38-MariaDB-1 with safe mode off.
I run a multisite-installation for a university.
after the upgrade to wordpress 4 and to the latest nextgen gallery when a user creates a new gallery the following error occurs (Manage Galleries-> Add a new Gallery):
Directory /path to wordpress root/ is not writeable! (in my case: /home/blog/public_html/)
Check this link, if you didn’t know how to set the permission : http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions
it is possible to Add new album .
The file permissions are correct.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Multisite WordPress
permission on the files:
the root dir:
drwxr-xr-x 5 blog blog 4.0K Jun 29 2011 public_html/
ls -lah public_html/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 blog www-data 508 Sep 8 14:24 .htaccess*
-rw-r--r-- 1 blog blog 418 Oct 30 2013 index.php
...
drwxr-xr-x 9 blog blog 12K Jan 28 2013 wp-admin/
...
-rw-r--r-- 1 blog blog 3.8K Sep 8 14:28 wp-config.php
drwxr-xr-x 10 blog www-data 4.0K Sep 21 2010 wp-content/
...
drwxr-xr-x 12 blog blog 12K Sep 11 14:55 wp-includes/
...
-rw-r--r-- 1 blog blog 33K Sep 11 14:55 wp-login.php
...
-rw-r--r-- 1 blog blog 11K Sep 11 14:55 wp-settings.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 blog blog 26K Sep 11 14:55 wp-signup.php
...
inside the wp-content folder:
drwxrwxr-x 12 blog www-data 4.0K Sep 17 11:11 blogs.dir/
drwxrwxr-x 3 www-data www-data 4.0K Feb 10 2009 uploads/
ls -lah blogs.dir/1/
drwxrwxr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 May 16 15:23 files/
www-data is the apache user and blog is the ftp user.
… I skipped irrelevant files.
2. Path
Network Options
Gallery path
is: wp-content/blogs.dir/%BLOG_ID%/files
the error does not occur when the public_html is writable too. This seems to be a bug.
Thread Starter
kuene
(@kuene)
Version 2.0.66.29 still has the same problem 🙁
@kuene – A standard installation for WordPress has the /public_html/ folder as writable with an equivalent permission of 0750, what permissions are you using for your WordPress installation?
– Cais.
Thread Starter
kuene
(@kuene)
as stated above:
drwxr-xr-x 5 blog blog 4.0K Jun 29 2011 public_html/
that would be 0755. writable for the ftp-user.
the public_html of a large multisite installation should never be writable for the webserver user check here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress
or
http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions
my wordpress multiblog installation worked fine with this file-permssions since 2009.
this is a bug in nexgen gallery. if I make the public_html folder world writable or writable for the webserver user the plugin works fine. but it must never write to the public_html folder.
@kuene – You have already submitted a Bug Report for this issue. It would probably be best to carry on the conversation there.
Thanks!
– Cais.
Thread Starter
kuene
(@kuene)
@photocrati: thanks I will do that. But I did not get any feedback there…
Do you have a bug tracker where I can follow the progress on this bug?
@kuene – I have responded twice to your Bug Report … our system currently in place, especially for “free” support is via emails only.
– Cais.
@photocrati:
@kuene:
I have the same problem as mr. kuene.
I have a multi site sub-directories and presents me the same error.
when they can help fix this error?
@jortex696 – As it is not the same site and there are always a lot of moving parts with Multisite installations it is best if you start your own topic per the forum rules here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post
Thanks!
– Cais.
There is definitely a bug in NextGEN Gallery 2.0.66.29. Here’s a patch:
--- a/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/admin/functions.php
+++ b/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/admin/functions.php
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
$txt = '';
$galleryObj = new stdClass;
- $galleryObj->path = '';
+# $galleryObj->path = '';
+ global $ngg; $galleryObj->path = $ngg->options['gallerypath'];
$nggRoot = $storage->get_gallery_abspath($galleryObj);
// No gallery name ?
@kb0 – Thanks for sharing your work-around.
We have also committed a correction that will be in our next (major) releases.
– Cais.
Don’t know if it is the same issue. I use latest version 2.0.66.37. My galleries are located inside a directory ‘images’. I have noticed that setting this directory as 0775 is not enough. I also have to set the root directory of the site as 0775. You can realise that this is not acceptable and must be resolved immediately.
@fesarlis – Additional corrections were added to our latest branch. You are welcome to use the latest public beta version which contains these modifications.
Link: http://nextgen-gallery.com/nextgen-gallery-latest-beta/
Otherwise, please start your own topic for this specific issue on your specific site.
Thanks!
– Cais.
I am not a programmer but I don’t see anything relevant in the changelog. I don’t really understand why you want a new thread for the same issue, but will do it.
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