Changing CHMOD setting brought down site

  • richards1052

    (@richards1052)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    [ Moderator note: title adjusted, please refrain from using help, urgent, emergency, asap, etc. in topic titles. ]

    In the WP3 Total Cache dashboard I saw this message: “/var/www/richardsilverstein.com/wordpress/wp-content is write-able. When finished installing the plugin, change the permissions back to the default: chmod 755 /var/www/richardsilverstein.com/wordpress/wp-content. Permissions are currently 775”

    Using sftp, I tried to change the CHMOD settings for the wp-content folder from 775 to 755. I got an error message saying the server refused me permission. I then clicked on the “Skip” button. When I returned to my site I could no longer access any pages. The site is completely inaccessible.

    Please someone tell me asap what I did wrong & how to fix it!

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  • wtl

    (@wtl)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    The fastest way to fix this is probably to reach out to your web host and ask them to fix the problem.

    Thread Starter richards1052

    (@richards1052)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    I did and they did. But I thought I might find help here before they did.

    But I think this shows that you shouldn’t always pay attention to such plugin msgs. They could prove fatal if you do.

    • This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by richards1052.
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