Server locks up when changing permalinks

  • Resolved Rastus

    (@rastus)


    15 years, 1 month ago

    Installed 3.05 a few days ago and all well. Automatic upgrade to 3.1 also went well and all working.
    Then I tried to change the permalinks to custom %post_id%/%postname% and wordpress informed me it could not update automatically, but gave the code to be manually inserted into the .htaccess file. I copied this and changed back to the default permalinks.
    At that moment the server locked up and my main website and mail went down. It came good after 15 minutes, but during that time the server could not be accessed by FTP or other means.
    Since there was not .htaccess file in the WP root directory I created one and copied the previously advised code into it.
    The server went down again. Once up and I was able to delete the .htaccess file wp worked normally again.
    I tried using one of the other permalink recommendations by every one other than the default caused served failure.
    ANY SUGGESTIONS?

    Thanks

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    Is mod_rewrite running on your server? Have you spoken to your hosts about this .htaccess problem?

    Thread Starter Rastus

    (@rastus)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    Yes, mod_rewrite is running.

    I have just spoken to the hosting company and they are going to look into the problem today. They were intrigued by the problem and will try to help.

    I will report back is we find a resolution.

    Thread Starter Rastus

    (@rastus)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    The problem has now been solved.

    After conversation with my host and some investigation they uploaded new .htaccess files into the WP root directories. They said they then changed permissions so the group owner is APACHE (whatever that means?).

    The short of it is that permalinks could now be set to my desired custom settings and no more server lock-up have been experience.

    I am not sure what the permissions were they said they did and they did not elaborate.

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