The even stranger thing is sites on one server work and sites on another do not. As far as I can tell the php settings, etc. are the same.
t
> Sorry for the previously incomplete message:
>
>
> This is a known issue with the WordPress auto update.
> Ocasionally it is a chown / chmod fix but often it cannot be
> addressed that way. Try deleting the ./wp_content/update folder and
> running the auto update again. If that fails, you will most likely
> have to download, unpack and install the update manually. Do not
> forget to backup your WordPress folder and your databases. I began
> encountering this problem with WordPress 2.6.0 update and it now
> occurs on all three WordPress sites that I have as of 2.8.3.
>
>
> There are multiple pages in the support section at
> http://wordpress.org/ that might help you further, but I did not
> have much success getting the auto update to work past 2.6.0.
>
>
> -Dax A. Morgan
>
>
>
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony C. Loosle
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:47 PM To:
> [email protected]; BlueOnyx General Mailing List Subject:
> [BlueOnyx:02102] Re: wordpress question??
>
>
> true.
> but wordpress lets you enter the ftp user and uses that account to
> modify things, so, the permissions should be ok, or not matter as
> its the ftp user.
>
>
> t
>
>
>> Tony C. Loosle wrote:
>
>
>>> I am working on some wordpress site upgrades.
>
>
>>> With the user and pass for ftp I can update plugins with
>>>
> no
>
>
>>> problem but get an error with the auto upgrade on
> wordpress
>
>
>>> itself. I get this:
>
>
>>> Unpacking the update.
>
>
>>> Could not copy files.
>
>
>>> Installation Failed
>
>
>>> Anyone with an idea?
>>
>
>> Most likely you are running into an ownership / permission
>>
> issue.
>
>
>> If the files to be written/overwritten are owned by the FTP
>>
> user,
>
>
>> then Apache isn't going to be able to modify them.
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