[CDBUG-talk] FTP user for Wordpress Management

[freebsd at fongaboo.com]

Oh duh. Thanks!

On Wed, 17 Aug 2016, Patrick Muldoon wrote:

>> On Aug 17, 2016, at 11:26 AM, freebsd at fongaboo.com wrote:
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>> I managed to create a user that is FTP-only and not chrooted (as far as ProFTPd is concerned).
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>> However when I try to do a plugin update from the Wordpress dashboard, it still fails. I've FTP'ed manually into the plugin directory corresponding to the plugin I'm trying to update and managed to edit a file in-place in that directory, so it would seem the permissions I've set are providing the expected results.
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>> But at this point I am not sure what is failing exactly and I'm not sure what I can monitor to find out. I've tried looking at /var/log/ftpdebug.log, but no matter what I seem to do, I only get entries pertaining to initial login.
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>> This is what the logging section of my proftpd.conf file looks like:
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>> Extendedlog     /var/log/ftpdebug.log   AUTH
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> You are telling proftpd to only log stuff related to auth, try removing AUTH or setting it to ALL. that should give you more info.
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> another option would be to run proftpd in the foreground.
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> proftpd -nd 5
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> is normally enough info to see what is going on. but you can go to 10 if you want :)
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>> DebugLevel      10
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>> I believe it was originally at 2, but raising it doesn't seem to increase verbosity at all.
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>> Alternately, is there any kind of log I could debug on the PHP side of things to see exactly what is being attempted by the dashboard when I initiate a plugin update?
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