WordPress User Not writing in Unix Environment

  • I am running WP 3.2 on a dedicated server with OSX Server 10.5.8.

    I don’t have enough server knowledge to identify the problem. The issues are:

    1. WP prompts me for FTP credentials inside the dashboard, I’ve never had this occur with any other environment WP was installed in.

    2. Cannot load images into media lib (error given: “is parent directory writable by the server?”)

    3. Cannot establish custom permalinks

    4. Cannot install Plugins (Could not create directory. /pacific_web/newsite-2/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/)

    These seem like a permissions error, but the permission are all good. The only thing I can think of is that the server doesn’t recognize the WP-admin user as a user that has those permissions, am i on the right track?

    Please help if you have come across this before or have an idea of where I should begin.

    thanks,

    Mike

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  • 1. This appears to be a server specific issue and may relate to the way in which the server has been configured. You could try adding your FTP details to your wp-config.php file.

    2. Try changing the permissions on the wp-content directory to 766. If you still have problems, try 767, 775 or 777. Once your uploads are working, change the permissions on wp-content back to 755 again and check that everything still works OK.

    3. Make sure that mod_rewrite is running.

    Thread Starter mbhrad

    (@mbhrad)

    Thank You!
    I am going to try #1 now, I need to wait on the server admin to try the other 2. For #1 is it a problem to define them all in the config file and leave them there? Or can that create issues? Going 1 by 1 sounds painstaking.

    Additionally, do they need to be in some kind of order or can I just begin dumping definitions after the last one?

    thanks in advance!

    mike

    is it a problem to define them all in the config file and leave them there?

    No – not at all.

    do they need to be in some kind of order

    Nope. Just at the bottom of the file – before the closing ?> if you have one – will be fine.

    Thread Starter mbhrad

    (@mbhrad)

    ok so I tried all of them … including multiple variations of FS method …

    I’m guessing it has to be #2 or #3 … are you fairly certain these two items are still related? I found this thread from a while back, this is the same problem I’m having: https://bit.ly/r1RrDN

    Everything still fall in line with option #2 and #3 in this example?

    thanks I am hoping to resolve this with the server admin today!!!

    mike

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