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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [“Could not copy file:” WP 2.7.1 Automatic Upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-copy-file-wp-271-automatic-upgrade/)
 *  [robferrer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robferrer/)
 * (@robferrer)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-copy-file-wp-271-automatic-upgrade/#post-985865)
 * Renaming the folder doesn’t help for me either: I get the following
 *     ```
       Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.4.zip
   
       Unpacking the core update
   
       Verifying the unpacked files
   
       Installing the latest version
   
       Could not copy file: /wordpress/index.php
   
       Installation Failed
       ```
   
 * I think I’ll do a manual upgrade and see if future upgrades are any better.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [“Could not copy file:” WP 2.7.1 Automatic Upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-copy-file-wp-271-automatic-upgrade/)
 *  [robferrer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robferrer/)
 * (@robferrer)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-copy-file-wp-271-automatic-upgrade/#post-985818)
 * Passive is allowed on our server, although restricted to a particular port range
   to allow it through the firewall.
 * Still doesn’t work
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: Simple CAPTCHA] It don’t works with 2.7! :(](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simple-captcha-it-dont-works-with-27/)
 *  [robferrer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robferrer/)
 * (@robferrer)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simple-captcha-it-dont-works-with-27/#post-938915)
 * The automatic upgrade or install doesn’t work because of an extra directory level
   in the zip file. Manual install works fine for me.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [“Could not copy file:” WP 2.7.1 Automatic Upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-copy-file-wp-271-automatic-upgrade/)
 *  [robferrer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robferrer/)
 * (@robferrer)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-copy-file-wp-271-automatic-upgrade/#post-985759)
 * Yeah, I’m using Pure-FTPD, but I’d rather not have to install another FTP server
   on our server just for this.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [“Could not copy file:” WP 2.7.1 Automatic Upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-copy-file-wp-271-automatic-upgrade/)
 *  [robferrer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robferrer/)
 * (@robferrer)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-copy-file-wp-271-automatic-upgrade/#post-985690)
 * When trying to upgrade 2.7.0->2.7.1 I get
 * > Downloading update from [http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.7.1.zip](http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.7.1.zip)
   > Unpacking the core update
   > Could not copy file: /wordpress/wp-content/upgrade/core/wordpress/wp-trackback.
   > php
   > Installation Failed
 * The problem seems to be that the files are uploaded as the ftp user which is 
   different to the apache user. The file permissions are set as 711.
 * I thought I has cracked it by setting the FTP server umask to 113:002 (apache
   and the ftp user are in the same group), but while this seems to correct any 
   permissions on file I upload myself, the files uploaded/unpacked during the upgrade
   process still have permissions of 711.
 * Unfortunately manually setting the permissions on files that are complained about(
   as suggested by pal0216) doesn’t work because the files are re-uploaded (and 
   so permissions reset) each time I restart the upgrade process.
 * Something in the upgrade process to chmod the files (using FTP) as required would
   probably fix it.
 * Sorry it doesn’t solve this, but hopefully it adds some more insight into the
   problem.
 * Rob

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