Hi, all. Okay, before I get into the problem, I will outline everything that I tried in terms of troubleshooting. I learned about how file permissions and ownership worked i.e. 4=read, 2=write, and 1=execute. By adding these up you can get 0, 3, 5 and 7. The first number is special permissions, 4=setuid, 2=setgid, and 1=stickybit. First number is special permissions, second number is owner, third number is group, and fourth number is everyone else. I set everything recursively to www-data in /var/www/html but the blog inside /html. A while back, someone told me to include this line of code in the wp-config.php. define ('FS_METHOD','direct'); That allowed me to update plug-ins and stuff without problems. Then, a few hours ago I found some new combinations that were deemed safer. cd /var/www/html/blog sudo find . -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} + sudo find . -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} + I just tried installing a WordPress update, but after it unpacks it, it says, cannot create directory, installation failed. Thank you for creating with WordPress. I also tried including this line below the define fs_method. putenv('TMPDIR='.iniget('uploadstmp_dir')); That caused the whole WordPress site to crash. What else should I try? Should I go back to using 7777? I don't want to have to unless that's the only way. Many thanks in advance. Sincerely, -Harmony http://www.sensation-experience.com/ _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list