Title: FTP Error when installing Last modified: April 15, 2022 --- # FTP Error when installing * Resolved [bakenoor1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bakenoor1/) * (@bakenoor1) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-error-when-installing/) * I am having the following error when installating W3 Total Cache: * ``` FTP credentials don't allow to write to file /var/www/html/mazavaroo/wp-config.php W3 Total Cache Error: Files and directories could not be automatically created to complete the installation. Please execute commands manually or use FTP form to allow W3 Total Cache make it automatically. ``` * Below is the commands used for setting permission. * ``` chown apache:apache -R wordpress cd wordpress find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; ``` * To add, I have even tried to set the entire folder to 777 using `chmod -R 777 wordpress` but still having the same problem * Any hint on how to solve this? Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/) * (@vmarko) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-error-when-installing/#post-15561416) * Hello [@bakenoor1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bakenoor1/) * Thank you for the information. You should check the wp-config.php file itself and see the file permission – it should be set to 644 Alternatively, you can manually add the constant that W3TC adds to the wp-config.php file: * ``` /** Enable W3 Total Cache */ define('WP_CACHE', true); // Added by W3 Total Cache ``` * just after the opened `