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Host won't allow 777 permission
January 13, 2015, 11:18:02 am
Is there any way to install CiviCRM without satisfying this requirement? My current host (WPEngine) does not allow it.
The user account used by your web-server needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file:
//nas/wp/www/cluster-3127/civic/wp-content/plugins/files

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Re: Host won't allow 777 permission
January 13, 2015, 10:59:48 pm
Try with 666? Or
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chmod a+w -R //nas/wp/www/cluster-3127/civic/wp-content/plugins/files
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Re: Host won't allow 777 permission
January 16, 2015, 05:31:58 am
CiviCRM does not require 777 permissions. It requires write permissions for the Apache user. Ask your host what precisely will allow that.
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Re: Host won't allow 777 permission
January 18, 2015, 04:40:41 pm
Quote from: Hershel on January 16, 2015, 05:31:58 am
CiviCRM does not require 777 permissions. It requires write permissions for the Apache user. Ask your host what precisely will allow that.

Consider setting these permissions yourself in your .hosts file on the www side, then update your /files from there.
a little backwards, but mostly works.
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