[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34976: Plug ins fail to update after WP 4.4 installed

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#34976: Plug ins fail to update after WP 4.4 installed
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 Reporter:  patdundee       |       Owner:  dd32
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.4.1
Component:  Filesystem API  |     Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by aidaguzman):

 My tech made some changes on my dedicated linux server.  This is what he
 did.. not sure if it will work for you all but here goes:

 For the server wide permissions issue - The thing that was wrong here is
 that HTTPD (the process serving web pages) is running as “nobody” instead
 of a privileged account.  This was likely a change from the CPanel company
 for security reasons but unfortunately breaks Wordpress with respect to
 plugin updates and file uploads.

 Here is exactly what I did to fix this problem for you:

 a. Added the nobody user to every user group in /etc/group
 b. The following CLI

 # cd /home
 # chmod -R g+w *

 The first line (cd /home) changes directory to your /home where all your
 accounts are located.  The second line (chmod -R g+w *) adds write
 permission to the group for every directory recursively under /home.

 Hope this helps.. so far so good on my server, no issues as of yet.

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