Discussion between codeomnitrix and Yoav Kadosh

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05:16

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I am trying to install wordpress theme on my site, but is failing with message Could not copy file. catch-responsive/404.php Folder permissions are as - ftp user is owner of the whole wordpress folder permissions are set as 755 for the wordpress folder When I start theme installation, it dow...

Yoav Kadosh

Did you try to upload the theme manually via FTP? You can upload the zip file and then create a PHP script to unzip it.

codeomnitrix

Yes I tried manuallyl uploading with ftp account (which i am trying for wordpress) and its working fine

Yoav Kadosh

OK, so if it is working fine, what's the problem?

codeomnitrix

I am not able to install automatically via wordpress, I mean from ftp I can install but from wordpress itself i can't

Yoav Kadosh

Is it possible that the upload_max_filesize PHP settings is set to a value lower than the file's size?

codeomnitrix

05:16

Its set to 20MB

Hi Yoav

Yoav Kadosh

Hi there

codeomnitrix

Hey Yoav

Yoav Kadosh

What is the size of the zip file?

codeomnitrix

actually i think there is small confusion with question

the zip size is just 800kp

*kb

Yoav Kadosh

Lol... OK, so it's not that

codeomnitrix

05:22

I am trying to install via wordpress add theme option but I am getting error as screencloud.net/v/6zRz

however I have logged in with that user on my aws server and there I am able to do anything on the wp-content directory

Please have a look at the permissions screencloud.net/v/wacp

Yoav Kadosh

Hmmm... interesting

Just wondering, if you remove this specific file from the package, does it let you upload?

codeomnitrix

no

Yoav Kadosh

Also, try setting the permissions of wp-content to 777

codeomnitrix

I tried

didn't work

Yoav Kadosh

Is this a theme that I can download from somewhere?

codeomnitrix

05:28

yes let me give you the link

wordpress.org/themes/education-hub

btw small update in upgrade folder only folders are created no files there

have a quick look at this screencloud.net/v/ri3J

I am sorry but I am new to wordpress

Yoav Kadosh

Shouldn't this go into the themes folder?

I was able to install it, so that rules out a theme issue. It must be related to file permissions.

Sorry, but i'm not sure what you are trying to do. If you were able to upload it manually, why do you want to upload it using WordPress?

codeomnitrix

I want to do it automatically, coz everytime manual upload is difficult

also same issue happens with plugins

I am not sure if I have cleared my doubt properly

let me ask it differently -

I am trying to install a theme via wordpress screencloud.net/v/xjr5

here when i click proceed it creates a folder in upgrade directory

with the theme name

Yoav Kadosh

This is not how you install themes in wordpress

codeomnitrix

I am sorry

I mean thats the standard process na

Yoav Kadosh

Honestly I haven't seen this screen before, and I've been working with WordPress for years...

codeomnitrix

05:38

Ok over here on this screen I click install button

screencloud.net/v/dJ6Z

Yoav Kadosh

You are suppose to go to Appearance->Themes and then click on "Add New"

codeomnitrix

and it goes to the screen screencloud.net/v/xjr5

yes I am there only yoav

Yoav Kadosh

The last link didn't work (for the screenshot)

codeomnitrix

pls see this

screencloud.net/v/e58c

Yoav Kadosh

Do you want to give me access to your site? It might be easier for me to see what's going on

codeomnitrix

05:41

hmm sure

let me check for the password

link - ec2-54-201-113-100.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-admin

username - root

password - marmadarch0d

Yoav Kadosh

OK, I see. It looks like WordPress don't have permissions to create new files in the system. Do you have access to the server configuration, or is this a shared hosting?

codeomnitrix

its aws

Yoav Kadosh

OK, I found this:

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Q: WordPress on EC2 Requires FTP Credentials to Install Plugins

I just installed WordPress 3.5.2 on an Amazon Linux AMI EC2 micro instance. When I tried to install the wp-db-backup plugin (Plugins -> Add New), I was prompted for a Hostname, FTP Username, FTP Password and Connection Type. The answer to this question recommended that passwd be done at the comm...

wordpress amazon-ec2 wordpress-plugin

codeomnitrix

the complete file structure with permissions screencloud.net/v/r4cm

Yoav Kadosh

This is a known issue. Take a look at the question, they have the explanation there I think.

This is only in AWS. I have never experienced this before.

codeomnitrix

05:48

but the owner is already the ftp user

screencloud.net/v/jnc5

Yoav Kadosh

I think you need apache to have access

Because this is not usually done through FTP. It is only done through FTP since apache doesn't have access.

codeomnitrix

there is no user named apache

Yoav Kadosh

apache is the server

codeomnitrix

I mean to say when I run this command sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html

it says no user named apache

Yoav Kadosh

I see. Honestly I don't know how amazon run their servers

Did you try to add define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

codeomnitrix

05:54

Ok great its done

thanks a lot yoav

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server permissions apache2 wordpress

Yoav Kadosh

Really? what did you do?

codeomnitrix

this fixed it

Yoav Kadosh

OK, cool!

codeomnitrix

actually the apache user is www-data nowadays

instead apache

thanks a lot yoav

for all your help

Yoav Kadosh

No problem, glad I could help

codeomnitrix

05:55

:)

Yoav Kadosh

Take care

codeomnitrix

you too

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