Title: File permissions …. help! Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # File permissions …. help! * [jdlockhart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdlockhart/) * (@jdlockhart) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/) * I am kinda clueless on this one. Just got a new host and domain (www.theawesomeblog. com), everything is working OK except when I need to install a plugin or basically do anything that requires a new folder or file to be created, like changing my banner. It won’t create the new folder when I upload it. When installing a plugin, WordPress has to use it’s own FTP manager with my admin user/pass, which doesn’t seem to work very well in the first place so I have to manually install my plugins. This server is feature rich but I’m just not sure where to go in my cPanel to fix this. I’m using hostingauthority.com, if it helps, got my hosting service. I’m using my main account for the database login that WP uses. Obviously it’d be stupid to set public write access on my folders lol. I’ve got group and owner set to full access, read write and execute. Public access is set to read and execute. I’m stuck. I’m worried that this will prevent posts from being created once I get my autoblog software pulling stuff off the feeds. I’m SURE this is an easy problem, I’m just not that advanced with this stuff. 🙂 Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Thread Starter [jdlockhart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdlockhart/) * (@jdlockhart) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/#post-1679671) * Here are the last 300 entries of my server’s log files if it helps: * [Fri Sep 17 19:43:27 2010] [warn-phpd] mmap cache can’t open /home/theaweso/public_html/ wp-includes/pomo/mo.php – Permission denied (pid 11898) [Fri Sep 17 19:41:28 2010] [warn-phpd] mmap cache can’t open /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/ load.php – Permission denied (pid 10988) [Fri Sep 17 19:43:27 2010] [error] [ client 166.183.204.197] PHP Fatal error: require() [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: Failed opening required ‘/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/pomo/mo.php’ ( include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/theaweso/public_html/ wp-settings.php on line 82 [Fri Sep 17 19:43:27 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Warning: require(/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/pomo/mo.php) [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 82 [Fri Sep 17 19:42:11 2010] [warn-phpd] mmap cache can’t open / home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php – Permission denied (pid 11184)[ Fri Sep 17 19:42:11 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Fatal error: require()[ [function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: Failed opening required ‘/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:42:11 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Warning: require(/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php) [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:41:17 2010] [warn-phpd] mmap cache can’t open / home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php – Permission denied (pid 8511)[ Fri Sep 17 19:41:12 2010] [warn-phpd] mmap cache can’t open /home/theaweso/public_html/ wp-includes/load.php – Permission denied (pid 8511) [Fri Sep 17 19:41:06 2010][ warn-phpd] mmap cache can’t open /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load. php – Permission denied (pid 8511) [Fri Sep 17 19:41:28 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Fatal error: require() [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: Failed opening required ‘/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:41:28 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Warning: require(/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php) [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:40:58 2010] [warn-phpd] mmap cache can’t open / home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php – Permission denied (pid 11000)[ Fri Sep 17 19:41:17 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Fatal error: require()[ [function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: Failed opening required ‘/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:41:17 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Warning: require(/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php) [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:41:12 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Fatal error: require() [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: Failed opening required ‘/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:41:12 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Warning: require(/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php) [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:41:06 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Fatal error: require() [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: Failed opening required ‘/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:41:06 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Warning: require(/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php) [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:40:58 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Fatal error: require() [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: Failed opening required ‘/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:40:58 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] PHP Warning: require(/home/theaweso/public_html/wp-includes/load.php) [[function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/function.require?output_format=md)]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-settings. php on line 19 [Fri Sep 17 19:39:27 2010] [warn-phpd] mmap cache can’t open / home/theaweso/public_html/index.php – Permission denied (pid 7965) [Fri Sep 17 19:39:34 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] File does not exist: /home/theaweso/ public_html/403.shtml [Fri Sep 17 19:39:34 2010] [crit] [client 166.183.204.197]( 13)Permission denied: /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-admin/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable [Fri Sep 17 19:39:24 2010][ error] [client 166.183.204.197] File does not exist: /home/theaweso/public_html/ 403.shtml [Fri Sep 17 19:39:24 2010] [crit] [client 166.183.204.197] (13)Permission denied: /home/theaweso/public_html/wp-admin/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable [Fri Sep 17 19:38:41 2010] [error][ client 166.183.204.197] File does not exist: /home/theaweso/public_html/403.shtml[ Fri Sep 17 19:38:41 2010] [crit] [client 166.183.204.197] (13)Permission denied:/ home/theaweso/public_html/wp-admin/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable [Fri Sep 17 19:38:38 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] File does not exist: /home/theaweso/public_html/403.shtml [Fri Sep 17 19:38:38 2010] [crit] [client 166.183.204.197] (13)Permission denied: /home/theaweso/public_html/ wp-admin/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable [Fri Sep 17 19:38:32 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] File does not exist: /home/theaweso/public_html/403.shtml, referer: [http://theawesomeblog.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php](http://theawesomeblog.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php)[ Fri Sep 17 19:38:32 2010] [crit] [client 166.183.204.197] (13)Permission denied:/ home/theaweso/public_html/wp-admin/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable, referer: [http://theawesomeblog.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php](http://theawesomeblog.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php)[ Fri Sep 17 19:38:32 2010] [error] [client 166.183.204.197] File does not exist:/ home/theaweso/public_html/403.shtml, referer: [http://theawesomeblog.com/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css?ver=20100610](http://theawesomeblog.com/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css?ver=20100610)[ Fri Sep 17 19:38:32 2010] [crit] [client 166.183.204.197] (13)Permission denied:/ home/theaweso/public_html/wp-admin/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable, referer: [http://theawesomeblog.com/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css?ver=20100610](http://theawesomeblog.com/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css?ver=20100610) * [webjunk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webjunk/) * (@webjunk) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/#post-1679694) * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions) Also check your .htaccess * Beyond that you need to check your Host. Can sometimes be caused by old versions of PHP/server builds like on Earthink. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘File permissions …. help!’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [webjunk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webjunk/) * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-permissions-help-1/#post-1679694) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics