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unable to update Wordpress ftp/ftps error
Hi
I have downloaded wamp stack from this website and installed wordpress. When i try to update the plugins wordpress is asking for
1) Hostname
2) Username
3) password
and gave option button for ftp and ftps
Can someone tell me what goes in these.....I guess username will be root and password will be what I first setup. But giving hostname "localhost" is not working. it says "Failed to connect to FTP Server 192.168.1.5:21"
Kindly help
BIZW
Replies (8)
Firstly, you wouldn't download WAMP here...
Reply 1I just use the IP as Hostname
Reply 2I just use the IP as Hostname when I setup scripts like this.
Hostname: 192.168.1.5 without the :21.
Hope that helps.
Thank you Jeremy
Reply 3I have now used wordpress appliance to make things easier but wish someone could tell me the solution......
FWIW
Reply 4Glad to hear you got it sorted, but FWIW a better way to go is noted on the TKL tracker on GitHub here.
Also FWIW all future version of TKL WP appliance will include this adjustment so everything should be easier OOTB.
not root of course
Reply 5but wp-admin. spam filter would not let me edit the previous post.
Did not install WP
Reply 6I had this same issue with an out-of-the-box WP TKL VM. Logged in as root, could not update WP. Lance's suggestion to explicitely provide access to the WP folders did the trick and the upgrade went through.
Probably the closest you'll get is the link I gave above...
Reply 7So have a read here. If there is anything that you don't understand or don't get, please just post back and I'll help where I can...
Permission Issue
Reply 8Login through SSH and run this command
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
Im guessing you installed Wordpress using FTP, that means Apache does not own the files and or directories thus not letting it write to them. Hope this helps.
Although you may have downloaded LAMP (the W in WAMP is for Windows - L is for Linux).
Secondly, if you want WordPress why not just start with the WordPress apliance?
If you want to persevere with your current custom WP on TKL LAMP then have a search of the forums, IIRC this issue was answered/resolved some time ago although I don't remember what it was...