Help with file permissions… none will work!

  • Resolved labecs

    (@labecs)


    14 years, 9 months ago

    Hi… I have an established blog which has been working fine for months and I’ve been editing stuff, but today I went in to add something to the footer, and to my surprise all the files (footer, header, etc) tell me:
    Sorry, that file cannot be edited.
    I went in to change the permissions. I ran the whole gamut up to 777. I tried it in the whole public_html/my site directory…. nothing.
    Tried it in only wp content… nothing. I’m talking both directory and files. I did it in my themes folder… nothing, except now I get the message:
    File is writable by others, please fix permissions and try again.

    Now, not only that has me confused, but I need to know what permissions to set everywhere else where I’ve been tweaking.
    Please help me!

    Update… I just went to the site and it’s gone! What did I do!?

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  • I’d suggest contacting your hosting provider.

    Thread Starter labecs

    (@labecs)

    Ok, I went to a back up. The site is back, but I still can’t edit anything. What folders or files do I need to change permissions on?

    The files are there where? Your site appears to be fine.

    Thread Starter labecs

    (@labecs)

    Yeah, I managed to fix it.

    Thread Starter labecs

    (@labecs)

    I deactivated all the plugins and the problem is gone. I’ll try to find which one it was.

    Because one person fixed their problem doesn’t mean we all did. I had the can’t edit theme problem and made the changes to the 3 programs suggested elsewhere; now the theme editor comes up with the stylesheet to edit and it won’t change it. Click on a php file, it goes out, comes back and the first style sheet is still there. Changed themes, including to the WOrd press classic and default; still can’t change the file to edit. If i edit the style sheet, or make a change and update, i get the message: File edited successfully and it was but i can’t get another file into the theme editor. I had the problems wotj 2.9 and them i updated to 2.9.2 and problem continues

    Don’t highjack another poster’s thread. Post a new topic.

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