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I solved it, wordpress was in debug mode and complaining of a bad symlink and missing language folder under wp-content. not sure why it cared about a broken symlink but whatever.

one possible solution would be to use a CNAME dns record pointing your domain towards the ftp domain then adjust your site settings.

I have installed the package php-pecl-ssh2 for centos onto my production server and now the general options page is working. Themes and plugins delete without a hitch.

However, I am getting a strange error in the language section;

https://pastebin.com/ucbqna4K

No issues under the test blog either.

try installing php-pecl-ssh2. it seems to have fixed my issues with the general settings page. that is the package name for centos, search your repository for it.

As it stands, the original site and test blog on the test server both have ftp settings saved to wp-config.php. the test blog on the production server does not. I tried inputting the ssh login into the connection settings prompt when attempting to add a theme and it says it can’t connect to localhost.

If I copy the ftp config from the original site into the test blog’s config, it is then able to connect and install new files. The general settings page does the same thing as the original blog.

httpd, php, mysql, openssh-server versions are the same for both servers.

Test blog created, no problems apparent other than the inability to connect to ssh to install files.

yes i can

I’ve disabled my plugins, changed the theme, still no change. also, before posting this thread, I did try removing the ssh keys used to auto install things and that fixed it but I feel more comfortable using keys and not storing my password in plain text within the wp-config.php file.

Using ssh to modify files seems to cause some weird conflict, with keys or password. My test server seems unaffected by this same setup.

ok, I’ve upgraded my production machine libssh to 0.6.4 and uninstalled 0.5.5 as it created conflicts. I still get the same issues. General Settings partially loads and deleting a theme gives me the “cheatin uh?” message.

hmm, I have a identical install on another server of wordpress 4.1 and libssh version 0.5.5-3.e16 that doesn’t exhibit these errors.

What might the latest version of libssh be? It appears I have 0.5.5 installed on my server…