timthumb lockfile error

  • Can anyone help with the following error message:

    Warning: fopen(./cache/timthumb_int_231fa74f70d57a1d7f66b6919fad3e9a.timthumb.txt.lock) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/recfish/recfish.co.nz/wp-content/themes/LondonLive/thumb.php on line 777
    A TimThumb error has occured

    The following error(s) occured:
    Could not open the lockfile for writing an image.

    Query String : src=https://www.recfish.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/group-surfcasting.jpg&w=340&h=192&zc=1&q=100
    TimThumb version : 2.8

    In the main screen the image is not showing, just a broken link.
    The file is present, in the right location.

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  • Maybe your /cache/ files aren’t writable. I would try contacting your web host to see if there are any permission issues.

    Thread Starter tedhowardnz

    (@tedhowardnz)

    Have sent off a request to webhost – unfortunately it is now the weekend here in New Zealand.

    Have just been informed of another somewhat more pressing issue.

    It seems that only I, as administrator, can see the site. Everyone else just sees weird characters –
    Try for yourself – https://www.recfish.co.nz

    Ah, I’ve run into this issue in the past.

    Do you have any sort of caching plug installed?

    Yep gibberish. Hacked? Tim thumb has caused major hacking problems in the past…

    Thread Starter tedhowardnz

    (@tedhowardnz)

    Hi Jonathan
    Yes – there is a caching Plugin – W3 Total Cache – and when I look at it’s settings it is enabled, but browser caching and and minify are not enabled.
    There are options to autoinstall both.

    While I have been programing for many years, and am familiar with the concept of caching, I have not encountered this particular tool before, and have no knowledge of what it is actually doing or why it is there.

    Page caching is enabled, and is set to disk basic
    Minify is active, but with thewarnings above, probably isn’t doing what it ought.

    I would disable that for the time being, until your web host can get back to you.

    It’s probably with permissions and the files are getting locked up incorrectly.

    Thread Starter tedhowardnz

    (@tedhowardnz)

    Just tried to autoinstall the browser rules, and got:

    The browser cache rules could not be modified. Please run chmod 777 /home/recfish/recfish.co.nz/.htaccess to resolve this issue.

    Thread Starter tedhowardnz

    (@tedhowardnz)

    Disabling the cache did nothing, still looks like garbage on my wife’s machine – still perfectly readable on mine.

    Weird!

    try clearing out the .htaccess file back to the original state, it could be using the old caching files still.

    Thread Starter tedhowardnz

    (@tedhowardnz)

    Hi Jonathan

    Which .htaccess file – lots of them, in lots of different folders?
    What out it to be?

    Most seem to have 3 lines:
    Options -Indexes
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all

    the one in the root folder has:

    #BEGIN Image Upload HTTP Error Fix
    <IfModule mod_security.c>
    <Files async-upload.php>
    SecFilterEngine Off
    SecFilterScanPOST Off
    </Files>
    </IfModule>
    #END Image Upload HTTP Error Fix

    it maybe not a problem of .htaccess, but you need to enter that thumb.php folder, and set “cache” folder’s permission to 755 or 777.

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