[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36936: Plugin update does not works via web with proper filesystem permissions.

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#36936: Plugin update does not works via web with proper filesystem permissions.
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 Reporter:  brudas          |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Filesystem API  |     Version:  4.5.2
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by andtrev):

 Hi @brudas,

 I believe WordPress checks for ownership to see if it's allowed to write
 or not, in your case the owner is root, but your user is www-data, so it
 would fail that test.

 A workaround for this type of setup is to add `define('FS_METHOD',
 'direct');` to your wp-config.php which will bypass the check and set it
 to write directly to files. - http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-
 config.php#WordPress_Upgrade_Constants

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