[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8400: Plugin upgrade not possible without being script owner

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#8400: Plugin upgrade not possible without being script owner
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 Reporter:  sigvei        |        Owner:         
     Type:  defect (bug)  |       Status:  closed 
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  2.8    
Component:  Plugins       |      Version:  2.6    
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                |  
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Changes (by DD32):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix

Comment:

 Indeed the current setup does not check Group ownerships, The main problem
 with supporting that method is that new files will be created as owned by
 www-data, and not as by your username, which will then cause problems,
 specifically which were to be worked around by the FTP methods.

 You can use a plugin such as the one below to force it to use the Direct
 Method regardless (And take the onus of any problems on yourself):
 {{{
 <?php
 /*
 Plugin Name: Force WP Filesystem to use the 'direct' class
 Version: 1.0
 Plugin URI: http://dd32.id.au/wordpress-plugins/?force-direct
 Description: Forces the WP_Filesystem to utilise the Direct Filesystem
 abstraction library. <strong>Testing purposes only, Do not rely upon this
 for constant use</strong>
 Author: Dion Hulse
 Author URI: http://dd32.id.au/
 */

 add_filter('filesystem_method', 'force_direct');
 function force_direct($method) {
         return 'direct';
 }
 ?>
 }}}

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