Title: Upgrade problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Upgrade problem

 *  [vad111](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vad111/)
 * (@vad111)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-9/)
 * Hi There!
    I tried to upgrade newly installed WP on my new addon domain name.
   I use automatic upgrade plugin and in the middle of upgrading it gives this worning:
   Warning: copy(/home/plenty07/public_html/Best-IM-Tools/index.php) [function.copy]:
   failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/plenty07/public_html/Best-IM-
   Tools/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/wpau_upgrade.class.php on
   line 323 We could not complete the upgrade please try again later, click here
   to check the logs.
 * Any one knows what is the problem and how I should correct it?
    Thanks, Vad

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-9/#post-694424)
 * _We could not complete the upgrade please try again later, click here to check
   the logs._
 * what do the logs say? did you read them?
 *  Thread Starter [vad111](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vad111/)
 * (@vad111)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-9/#post-694425)
 * Yes, here is the last part of log:
 * Task Name: maintmode
    Task Description: Puts the site into maintenance mode Task
   Status: Failed Task Start Date: 2008-02-09 14:39:41 Task End Date: 2008-02-09
   14:39:41 Task Log: Putting the site into maintenance mode /home/plenty07/public_html/
   Best-IM-Tools/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade Copying /home/plenty07/
   public_html/Best-IM-Tools/index.php to /home/plenty07/public_html/Best-IM-Tools/
   index.php.wpau.bak The file was successfully copied Moving the maintenance file
   to root ERROR -> Could not put the site into maintenance mode
 * Task Name: de-plugin
    Task Description: De-activates all the plugins Task Status:
   Failed Task Start Date: 2008-02-09 14:38:54 Task End Date: 2008-02-09 14:38:54
   Task Log: Putting the site into maintenance mode /home/plenty07/public_html/Best-
   IM-Tools/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade Copying /home/plenty07/
   public_html/Best-IM-Tools/index.php to /home/plenty07/public_html/Best-IM-Tools/
   index.php.wpau.bak The file was successfully copied Moving the maintenance file
   to root ERROR -> Could not put the site into maintenance mode
 * Thanks for your help!!!
    Vad
 *  Thread Starter [vad111](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vad111/)
 * (@vad111)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-9/#post-694490)
 * Please, any one?
    Does any one know what is the problem? Thanks, Vad
 *  Thread Starter [vad111](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vad111/)
 * (@vad111)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-9/#post-694505)
 * So, does any one know how I can handle this???}
    Thanks, Vad
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-9/#post-694506)
 * you handle it by doing the upgrade the same way countless other ppl have done
   it — the regular way.
 * if you want help with the plugin, go ask the plugin author.
 *  [gijoner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gijoner/)
 * (@gijoner)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-9/#post-694783)
 * whooami – you’re a dick
 * vad111 – I had the same problem. I chmod the file giving me an error to 777. 
   You might try doing a chmod to 755 or 777 and see if that works or contact your
   hosting company if you have managed hosting.
 *  [Graywolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realizingme/)
 * (@realizingme)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-9/#post-694785)
 * for others that may still have this problem, I had to create an index.php.wpau.
   bak file in the wordpress root folder and 777 it first. It worked after that 
   with no problems. For some reason it couldn’t create the file but it could edit
   it. My folders were temp at 777 too.

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