Title: permissions problem after move
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# permissions problem after move

 *  [kqf3143](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kqf3143/)
 * (@kqf3143)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-problem-after-move/)
 * I’ve spent the weekend migrating a 1000+ post site from Expression Engine to 
   WordPress, and have fought my way through the no export problem, the slightly
   imperfect import problem, and the completely different permalink structure problem.
   Now I have what I’m hoping is a very stupid and easily resolvable problem: the
   file ownership problem.
 * I originally installed WP2.2 via a Dreamhost one-click install in a testing subdomain
   of my regular top-level domain, in order to get everything imported and customized
   before fully replacing the old EE site. Last night, I took down the EE site and
   used the [codex instructions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress) for
   migrating the installation from this testing subdomain to the top-level domain.
 * Everything basically went fine, except that WP doesn’t seem to think that I own
   the files in the top-level domain. Permissions are set identically in the subdomain
   and the top-level domain (755 for folders, 644 for scripts), and, in fact, the
   owner/group info on the files is identical, too. But when I first attempted to
   load /wp-admin/ in the new location, I got a permissions error indicating that
   a stream couldn’t be opened to wp-config. I resolved that, and everything is 
   basically working fine, but when I use the theme editor, for instance, I get 
   a message saying “if this file were writable, you could edit it” — when the file
   is perfectly well writable, just apparently not by me.
 * Any thoughts about how to resolve this, short of deleting and re-installing via
   a new one-click install?

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-problem-after-move/#post-575083)
 * Developers intended for wp-content and it’s content (themes, plugins, uploads
   etc) to be fully writeable (777).
 *  Thread Starter [kqf3143](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kqf3143/)
 * (@kqf3143)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-problem-after-move/#post-575084)
 * Really? That makes sense for uploads, but for themes, too? Everything was working
   perfectly in the testing subdomain with those folders set to 755…
 * I’ll change those permissions, certainly. And I’ve got plenty of workarounds (
   I do most of my editing locally anyhow). I’m mostly just curious why everything
   was fine in one installation and wonky after moving.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-problem-after-move/#post-575086)
 * Oops, should have pointed you here:
    [Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)
 *  [proteinwisdom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/proteinwisdom/)
 * (@proteinwisdom)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-problem-after-move/#post-575520)
 * Hello, I have a question for kqf3143. I am also trying to import an EE site with
   thousands of entries, but I can’t seem to get past the import problem. I think
   I have the export correct (according to [these ](http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Export_Entries/)
   instructions), however when I try to import, I’m not getting any “body” text.
   Sorry to change subjects, but I’m at my wit’s end. Any suggestions?
 * Below is a test that I imported and it didn’t import the body, just the test:
 *     ```
       AUTHOR: Jeff Goldstein
       TITLE: Test post
       STATUS: Publish
       ALLOW COMMENTS: 2
       CONVERT BREAKS: br
       DATE: 06/10/2007 06:10:00 PM
       -----
       BODY:
       <p>testing testing testing body.
       </p>
       <p>
       Still testing.
       </p>
       -----
       EXTENDED BODY:
       <p>Testing extended body here.
       </p>
       <p>
       Still testing
       </p>
       -----
       COMMENT:
       AUTHOR: commenter
       URL: www.google.com
       DATE: 06/10/2006 06:11:46 PM
       <p>Test comment here.
       </p>
       <p>
       More of a test comment.
       </p>
       -----
       COMMENT:
       AUTHOR: commenter 2
       URL: http://google.com
       DATE: 06/10/2007 06:12:05 PM
       <p>Test comment 2.
       </p>
       -----
       --------
       ```
   

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