[TriLUG] Linux directory problem? solution found

[Andrew Perrin]

Glad you're happy -- sounds pretty unsatisfying; would prefer to know what 
was wrong!

Andy

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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 copied the directory & it's sub-directories plus contents to another
> location. Deleted wp-content directory, etc. and re-install the
> directory plus contents from other location. All is well with the world.
> wordpress is happy. JC is happy.
>
> Thanks for the comments. It helps to know that you have helpful people
> in your corner.
>
> jcj
>
> 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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