[wp-testers] Problems with autoupdate and plugin installer

[DD32]

For some background on why posix_*() is not used, You can have a read of:
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7779

In short, The behaviour you were seeing with it not using direct-FS access,
was correct for your given environment, Since the files were not owned by
the web server user.

2008/11/30 bosmail at gmail.com <bosmail at gmail.com>

> Iv'e changed all the files to be owned by the webserver and then it worked.
>
> Over and out
>
> /Brian
>
> 2008/11/30 Jacob Santos <wordpress at santosj.name>
>
> > The way I worked around this was to chown all of the files to the user of
> > the webserver and modify the permissions. That way I don't require to
> enter
> > in the FTP credentials.
> >
> > I may mention that I have access to shell and root, which you might
> require
> > in order to use my solution.
> >
> > Jacob Santos
> >
> > bosmail at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> Not sure if my reply-mail got through - So heres a copy
> >> ---
> >> Yes, I can see that the new owner of the installed plugins through the
> >> plugins installer is "Webserver" instead of "You". But since I can't get
> >> it
> >> to work with getmyuid, I'll just have to see if posix_getuid will cause
> >> any
> >> future problems.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions appreciated though
> >>
> >>
> >> /Brian
> >>
> >>
> >> 2008/11/30 Peter Westwood <peter.westwood at ftwr.co.uk>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> bosmail at gmail.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I'm using servage.net hosting and I'm having problems with auto
> >>>> updater.
> >>>> I've found a workaround her:
> >>>>
> http://vanonet.com/2008/09/servage-wordpress-plugin-autoupgrade-problem/
> >>>>
> >>>> By changing the below string in wp-admin/include/file.php
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   if ( getmyuid() == fileowner($temp_file) )
> >>>>
> >>>> to
> >>>>
> >>>>   if ( posix_getuid() == fileowner($temp_file) )
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not aware of the exact consequences, if any, but it solved the
> >>>> problem
> >>>> in both 2.6.5 and 2.7-almost-rc-9965
> >>>>
> >>>> If the above string could be changed permanently it would be of great
> >>>> help
> >>>> to users with the same problem.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Not sure thats wise.
> >>>
> >>> getmyuid — Gets PHP script owner's UID
> >>> posix_getuid — Return the real user ID of the current process
> >>>
> >>> The purpose of the code you have changed is to determine whether or not
> >>> the
> >>> updater can use direct file access to update the files whilst still
> >>> keeping
> >>> the permissions suitable for you to be able to access the files by ftp
> >>> etc.
> >>>
> >>> This is why we use getmyuid as that gets the owner of the files - i.e.
> >>> you
> >>>
> >>> Using posix_getuid probably gets the webserver user which means you
> don't
> >>> own the files any more!
> >>>
> >>> You should still be able to do the upgrades/installs using one of the
> ftp
> >>> filesystem abstractions.
> >>>
> >>> westi
> >>>
> >>> --
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