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JAS
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« on: September 17, 2009, 08:03:07 AM »
I just installed WordPress 2.7.1 on my site.  Now it's telling me I have to upgrade to version 2.8.4.  I tried to use the automatic upgrade and it's telling me:


Upgrade WordPress

Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.4.zip

Download failed.: Could not create Temporary file

Installation Failed


Does anyone have an idea why this would happen?
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« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2009, 08:48:06 AM »
Would I have to have the file permissions set to allow writing to the folder?
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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2009, 09:01:37 AM »
Try setting the permissions for the wp-content folder to 755 and see if you are still having issues.
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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2009, 09:29:30 AM »
Quote from: Mitch on September 17, 2009, 09:01:37 AM
Try setting the permissions for the wp-content folder to 755 and see if you are still having issues.


How would I set permissions with a number? 

For wp-content, all I see are check boxes; Owner, Group and Public all have r, w, x checked.

However, that folder is in the WordPress folder.  Would I have to have the permissions all checked there, too?

Thanks.
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« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2009, 09:32:24 AM »
While you're banging around inside wp-content, delete the Upgrade folder. That's the one that needs to have 755 permissions.

755 is rwxr-xr-x
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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2009, 09:59:21 AM »
Quote from: lexhair on September 17, 2009, 09:32:24 AM
While you're banging around inside wp-content, delete the Upgrade folder. That's the one that needs to have 755 permissions.

755 is rwxr-xr-x

A misplaced dash in there- it should be rwx-rx-rx   or, IOW, check r.w.x in owner, r.w in group and public.
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« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2009, 10:08:54 AM »
Quote from: bryantrv on September 17, 2009, 09:59:21 AM
Quote from: lexhair on September 17, 2009, 09:32:24 AM
While you're banging around inside wp-content, delete the Upgrade folder. That's the one that needs to have 755 permissions.

755 is rwxr-xr-x

A misplaced dash in there- it should be rwx-rx-rx   or, IOW, check r.w.x in owner, r.w in group and public.
Good catch. Last time I'll cut and paste from a Wiki.  Yep
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« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2009, 11:18:21 AM »
Quote from: lexhair on September 17, 2009, 09:32:24 AM
While you're banging around inside wp-content, delete the Upgrade folder. That's the one that needs to have 755 permissions.

755 is rwxr-xr-x

My wp-content folder doesn't have an Upgrade folder.
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« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2009, 12:42:26 PM »
One thing that bothers me is the installation path.  I used the installation script provided by Lunar Pages and it put the WordPress folder in /public_html.  Will the automatic upgrade know enough to look in there for the WordPress folder?
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« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2009, 06:22:23 AM »
Nope, location doesn't matter.  Were you able to change (and only change) the wp-content folder's permissions to 755?
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« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2009, 08:43:23 AM »
Quote from: JAS on September 17, 2009, 12:42:26 PM
One thing that bothers me is the installation path.  I used the installation script provided by Lunar Pages and it put the WordPress folder in /public_html.  Will the automatic upgrade know enough to look in there for the WordPress folder?
You used Fantastico to do the original installation?
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