How To Configure Joomla’s FTP File System Layer
by Administrator on Saturday, July 11th, 2009 | 20 Comments
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Hi Alex, Thanks for the help, I got my host to re-set all the permissions and make sure i had ownership off them, this seems to have solved the problem! thanks again for your help, and keep up the good videos.
Urghh! I just spent several hours working this all out, and now just AFTER I worked out how to do it, I find your video which explains it all more clearly than anywhere else on the net. Great video.
Oh, and the other thing worth mentioning is the way unix/linux deals with file/folder permissions. When “someone else” owns your joomla files/folders you can not manipulate them, and you can not chown (change owner) without ssh (command line) or possibly through a chown cron job (again, ask your host), but you CAN change the file/folder permissions to let you in, even though this is NOT a secure way of doing things (just a workaround). Use an ftp client to chmod folders to 777.
Again, 1.5 IS built to better cope with this situatation, but upgrading from 1 to 1.5 is NOT easy by virtue of many of your plugins/modules/components/template not being able to cross over. You COULD try salvaging your 1.0 site by demanding your host fix the problem the ownership problem, some hosts even have a control panel option to fix this, and I THINK you can run a chown command through a cron job, but not sure how, so ask your host. Sorry I can’t be more help, I know how lame this is.
urg, yes, you entirely right. ftp file system layer was added in 1.5 to “help” with situations like this. The problem is all about file permissions. When your host moved your files/folders, they either had the process take ownership of them, or their server is running in “safe mode”, or both. I have also read the php 5 is better at coping with this than version 4, so check your php version.
Hi Alex,
Thanks for getting back to me.
I have followed yours step in the video, however when i go to global configuration, then sever thereis no ftp settings, is this because the layout is different in joomla 1.0? If so were will it be?
Thanks.
You can use fantastic to upgrade only if the previous installation is fantastico as well. And, upgrading Joomla core from 1.0 to 1.5 is no big deal, but many of the plugins will not transition smoothely, if at all. I guarantee that this is not the problem anyway. More than likely you need to set the ftp file system layer configuration again. Watch my tutorial on that topic.
Hi Alex,
Can you use fantastico to upgrade from joomla 1.0 to joomla 1.5?
My site has been working find until my host updated there server, now i cant upload any files, folders or images etc, my host tell me “as far as we can see, nothing on the server is causing these issues with your installation, the errors look like code issues from within joomla” I am new to this and dont know were to start! I thought upgrading would maybe solve this problem? any advice?
Cheers.
Freaking awesome – thanks so much for doing this! This solved my permission errors which were driving me nuts. Thank you!
Dude your awesome! Thank you so much!
Hi alex, nice vid. After hours trying, i found your video on youtube, i tried to do exactly what you said and it didn’t work either. I can access and change files using the “test” account on Filezilla, but even after changing joomla settings the way you sugested, it won’t change files permissions. It always returns “JFTP::write: Bad response”. Also, my joomla only works with public read permission on configuration.php or any other file. looks like joomla is “Public” instead of “Owner”.Any ideas?
Alex you saved me hours of frustration. Please keep the Joomla videos coming. I am creating my first Joomla website and your videos have helped me tremendously.
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Because Joomla effectively runs under the webserver “account”, anyone who manages to gain access can do whatever they want. But yes, you SHOULD do what you can to mitigate the threat. MOST experts say to leave configuration.php chmodded to 644, but that STILL gives the “public” read permission, and configuration.php contains sensitive information such as the database user/password. As such, 600 is even better, and if it still works (it should) 400 is best.
That IS a good point. I bring it back down to 600 when I am done, but understand that I have to go back and chmod to 777 any time I want to make a change. Hacking someone’s site and accessing their file system and configuration.php is no easy task and it can certainly be argued that anyone who manages to access your file system will have little problem accessing that file regardless of the permissions.
oh and if required should they be left as 777? or is that risky as in public accessing these files?
yeh thanks this is handy – though is it required that I set all files/folders that I want to write to to 777?
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