[wp-hackers] Automatically Updating WordPress via SSH

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

Also as a FYI, instead of running a PHP Module (as core WordPress
requires) you can use a Plugin to enable a PHP-only mode using
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ssh-sftp-updater-support/

On 1 May 2012 09:49, Jeffrey Nolte <jnolte at getmoxied.net> wrote:
> On Apr 30, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Stas Sușcov wrote:
>
>> Probably totally offtopic, but did you consider another approach?
>> Like use git[1] (because its faster and simple to set up) and a cron task.
>>
>> No offense, but creating another user, enabling sftp and whatever else, seems like an overhead for me.
>>
>> [1]: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress
> This would work for WordPress but not plugins.  Another issue is at time people need to update WP without the technical know how of GIT.
>
>>
>> În data de Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:31:52 +0300, Jeffrey Nolte <jnolte at getmoxied.net> a scris:
>>
>>> Hi Otto,
>>>
>>> Thank you for the quick reply.  I did restart everything except for php5-fpm which did the trick after a restart.  After some more research into this method it seems it may not be very secure. Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on this?
>>>
>>> I am planning on implementing a user specifically for WordPress access via FTP to allow for automated upgrading of plugins and core.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>> On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Otto wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dumb question: Did you restart your webserver after making the change?
>>>> Extension has to get loaded and such, and if you didn't restart, then
>>>> the FastCGI processes holding your PHP processes won't have reloaded
>>>> and the INI won't have been read.
>>>>
>>>> The check in core to make the option appear is this:
>>>>
>>>> if ( extension_loaded('ssh2') && function_exists('stream_get_contents') )
>>>>
>>>> So make sure you have streams enabled too.
>>>>
>>>> -Otto
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Jeffrey Nolte <jnolte at getmoxied.net> wrote:
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