[TriLUG] Linux directory problem?

Andrew Perrin clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu
Fri Dec 14 10:52:29 EST 2007


How about:

ls -lad .

in the directory containing wp-content?

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Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA



On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, James c. Jones wrote:

> I may have steered you all wrong. I had removed x from the directory in
> hopes that the green would go away. It didn't make a difference. I have
> since added it back and the results are still the same.
>
> jcj
> Andrew Perrin wrote:
>> You need x permission for wordpress to enter the directory. Given that the
>> directory is root/root, you probably need:
>>
>>   chmod a+x wp-content
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
>> Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
>> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, James c. Jones wrote:
>>
>>
>>> ls -ld wp-content
>>> drw-rw-rw- 4 root root 4096 Aug  8  2006 wp-content
>>> jcj
>>>
>>> Andrew Perrin wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's the output of:
>>>>
>>>> ls -ld <directory name>
>>>>
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
>>>> Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
>>>> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, James c. Jones wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have ssh-ed into my server using a ubuntu terminal. My server is
>>>>> Fedora Core 5. Most files appear in black against a white background,
>>>>> most directories appear in blue against white background.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have one directory that appears with a green background behind the
>>>>> directory name. It doesn't appear to be permission related, but I am not
>>>>> sure. I am having trouble accessing information from this directory from
>>>>> php access in wordpress. ( actually no access ).
>>>>>
>>>>> Any Ideas would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> jcj
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