[TriLUG] Linux directory problem? solution found

[James c. Jones]

Andy,

Normally, I would continue to search for an answer, but I wanted to get
my website back to working and suspected the the directory was
corrupted. It happened ( or at least I first noticed it ) after I had
uploaded a file to one of the areas of the wordpress blog.

I know that my "solution" was similar to re-installing windows and I am
ashamed of that aspect of the "solution".

Thanks for your input.

Were you at the social last night?

jcj


Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Glad you're happy -- sounds pretty unsatisfying; would prefer to know what 
> was wrong!
>
> Andy
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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