Cannot update plugins in WP 3.1.1 : permission issues

[kadoudal]

I tried to use the auto update in WP 3.1.1 ( brand new installation on a new Debian 5 server)
but after the ftp upload is peformed , I get stucked with permissions issues :

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Downloading update from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/google-analytics-for-wordpress.zip…
Unpacking the update…

An error occurred while updating Google Analytics for WordPress: Could not create directory. /news/wp-content/upgrade/google-analytics-for-wordpress.tmp/google-analytics-for-wordpress.

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1 - PHP safe mode is off
2 - I added apache to pscln group ( psacln:x:1005:www-data,apache in /etc/group)
3- I also installed apache2-mpm-itk, and added
IfModule mpm_itk_module>
AssignUserId MYDOMAINUSER psacln
</IfModule>
in my domain vhost.conf

nada ... did anyone solved this issue ? or found a trick ...

 

[Shawn M]

chmod 0777 /news/wp-content/upgrade/google-analytics-for-wordpress.tmp/google-analytics-for-wordpress

 

[kadoudal]

Thanks .. solved
nothing related to Plesk or permissions....
I had a plugin 'AskApache Password Protect' which must be desactivated before any update ..
I did not noticed this functionality ....

 

[CCHickman]

Not sure if this is helpful, but atomicorp has 'ruid2' in their repos. This allows Wordpress plugins to install without having to enter FTP login/passwords - you can configure it site by site to run under the same credentials as a FTP user.

The directions for ruid2 aren't really there (you have to know what you are doing to use most of the atomicorp stuff) - but the forums on the site are a great resource - and hey, since you're on this forum, you probably won't have a problem with that!

Otherwise, you can try running your Wordpress sites under mod-fcgi (Fast CGI) - which I did and saw my server memory leak like crazy.

 

[kadoudal]

Thanks a lot for the info.. I'll have a look into atomicorp ruid2

 

[EduardH]

Plesk add-on "Run PHP as User" can control mod_ruid2 to turn on/off "running as FTP user" for each domain. See http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=106297 for details.

 

[RobertasR]

same problem

Hello there,

I think this problems is somehow related to the custom PHP.ini per vhost, which still exists in 10.4.4 update #10 (ubuntu). In this issue custom php.ini files do not work... However, globally turning PHP safe_mode Off (/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini) solved my wordpress permission problem thus leaving my websites unsafe.

Still waiting for a fix on custom PHP.ini.