Title: permissions issues
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# permissions issues

 *  [nowton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nowton/)
 * (@nowton)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/)
 * I have set the folders to 777, even set the root to 777. I’ve checked under what
   user php runs under(www-data) and set all files and folders to this group. I’ve
   set all files and folders to my username and when that didnt work, to www-data.
   Still the package fails with permissions error: but permissions are right. It
   also claims that I am the php script owner, which confuses me, as setting that
   from the console made no difference either. Please advise.
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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/#post-4864664)
 * Actually that result is not correct and will need to updated. Basically its using
   [get_current_user](http://us1.php.net/manual/en/function.get-current-user.php)
   which is not accurate.
 * The check currently just calls [is_writable](http://us1.php.net/manual/en/function.is-writable.php)
   so you may have to findout what perms need to be set on your system for this 
   function to return true, you can always force the check to return true, but if
   PHP can’t write then the plugin won’t work. There are a few tips on the FAQ page
   for getting around permission errors…
 *  [shiv gaikwad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shiv-gaikwad/)
 * (@shiv-gaikwad)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/#post-4864781)
 * Change Access Level of FTP user for control panel as
    Access level: All folders
   Single folder (recommended). After make file permission all folder go to your
   FTP File manager and select folder and set that folders permission As follow
 * Advanced Permissions
    Set permissions for selected folders. Inherit (Inherit 
   permissions from parent directory) Read (checked) Write (checked) Reset all children
   to inherit (All subdirectories will be reset to inherit from current directory)
 * Hope this will help you..
 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/#post-4864798)
 * Thanks for the details Shiv Gaikwad!
 *  Thread Starter [nowton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nowton/)
 * (@nowton)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/#post-4864880)
 * Same (but redeveloped and migrated) site. Same software. Same issues. How can
   I ‘force’ the check to return true, as I’ve now spent the better part of my already
   limited budget hunting down other developers bugs and shortcomings, and can kiss
   any profit goodbye. Thanks in advance.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/#post-4864881)
 * [@nowton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nowton/): If you require assistance
   then, as per the [Forum Welcome](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post),
   please post your own topic instead of tagging onto someone else’s topic. This
   topic has been resolved.
 *  Thread Starter [nowton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nowton/)
 * (@nowton)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/#post-4864882)
 * This is NOT RESOLVED, and I STARTED THIS TOPIC!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/#post-4864883)
 * Sorry – I was probably misled by the fact that this topic is over a month old!
   Please post a new topic.
 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/#post-4864887)
 * Marked as resolved by creator here:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues-again?replies=5](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues-again?replies=5)

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 * 8 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-issues/#post-4864887)
 * Status: not resolved