Title: No Write Permissions?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# No Write Permissions?

 *  [ReallyGoodPie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reallygoodpie/)
 * (@reallygoodpie)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-write-permissions/)
 * Hi there, Today i tried to use wordpress for the first time, and i uploaded all
   the files onto my Raspberry Pi (running a Debian Package) which was previously
   already running a website (Decided to change to wordpress).
 * However, i was trying to install a them, and i noticed that wordpress didn’t 
   have the rite permissions to create files etc. How do i go about fixing this,
   without CHMOD’ing it and allowing full access to my website. Is there any FTP
   setting’s in wordpress’ config file?
 * Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks

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 *  [4nek8u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4nek8u/)
 * (@4nek8u)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-write-permissions/#post-3417195)
 * Watch the end folder but its an ownership thing in /var/www
    You must be a root
   user in that folder using cd to locate where you are. You need basic terminal
   skills. Well maybe just a bit more.
 * Asked for FTP settings when trying to install a plugin or a theme? This is usually
   caused by the instance not being able to access with the correct permissions.
   The fix is simple!
 * pi$ cd /var/www
    pi$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data wordpress. Raspberry pi 
   as a tiny webserver with WordPress !!! Wow !
 *  [4nek8u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/4nek8u/)
 * (@4nek8u)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-write-permissions/#post-3417196)
 * Asked for FTP settings when trying to install a plugin . This is usually caused
   by the instance not being able to access with the correct permissions.
    “pi$ 
   cd /var/www” “pi$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data wordpress”

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-write-permissions/#post-3417196)
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