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FTP Username and Password for Wordpress?

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  • 12-04-2014 6:00pm
    #1
    Stanlex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭


    Here's what I did.

    Installed VMWare
    Installed Ubuntu 12.04
    Installed LAMP
    Installed Wordpress
    Created a Wordpress site

    Now, I would like to change my theme but it asks me for Hostname, FTP Username and Password. I don't know what to type there.

    Could anyone help please?


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    #2
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    Put in the ip address of your server, and valid credentials with access to wherever you installed wordpress.


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    Stanlex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭Stanlex


    srsly78 wrote: »
    Put in the ip address of your server, and valid credentials with access to wherever you installed wordpress.

    It's installed on a virtual machine on my laptop. So where can I find the IP Address of the server?


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    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    ifconfig from console on your vm

    OR

    ipconfig from cmd prompt on windows host

    OR

    something else if you aren't hosting on windows

    OR

    open up properties of your vm and inspect it (depends on what vm software you are using)


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    #5
    Stanlex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭Stanlex


    srsly78 wrote: »
    ifconfig

    Yes but am I looking for my IP or a server IP?


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    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    The vm will only report it's own ip.

    If you run ipconfig on your host you will see ips for all network adapters, one of these will be the virtual one.

    You haven't even specified what OS is running. I assume it's a linux VM... If so read this -> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-shell-command-to-find-get-ip-address/


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    Stanlex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭Stanlex


    srsly78 wrote: »
    The vm will only report it's own ip.

    If you run ipconfig on your host you will see ips for all network adapters, one of these will be the virtual one.

    You haven't even specified what OS is running. I assume it's a linux VM... If so read this -> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-shell-command-to-find-get-ip-address/

    is it any of these?

    oiubly.png

    Also what do I enter for FTP Username and Password?


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    Stanlex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭Stanlex


    srsly78 wrote: »
    The vm will only report it's own ip.

    If you run ipconfig on your host you will see ips for all network adapters, one of these will be the virtual one.

    You haven't even specified what OS is running. I assume it's a linux VM... If so read this -> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-shell-command-to-find-get-ip-address/

    Let me start again.

    I have Windows 8 on my laptop
    I installed VMWare on my laptop
    Then I installed Ubuntu 12.04 using VMware
    Then I installed LAMP followed by Wordpress
    Now, I'd like to change a theme in wordpress but it asks me for a hostname, ftp username and password.

    I know how to check what IP a computer has but I dont know which one to use for the host, ftp etc.

    The virtual machine is NAT so it doesnt have the same IP address as my laptop does.

    Thank you.


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    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    You have multiple virtual adapters, so the screenshot is ambiguous.

    Just log into the vm and follow the instructions above. You will have to learn how to do basic stuff on linux.


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    Stanlex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭Stanlex


    srsly78 wrote: »
    You have multiple virtual adapters, so the screenshot is ambiguous.

    Just log into the vm and follow the instructions above. You will have to learn how to do basic stuff on linux.

    Problem is solved. I bypassed the FTP by editing a .php file.

    I know how to use basic Linux.


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    fcrossen
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭fcrossen


    Wordpress asks for login details when it thinks it doesn't have write permissions to the wp-content folder.

    If you are on a VM on a test machine (and are not sure of the user that Apache is running as - 'www-data'?) then you can make all files in wp-content world writable. ("chown -R o+w wp-content").

    DO NOT DO THIS ON A SHARED HOST.


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,494 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    Stanlex wrote: »
    Problem is solved. I bypassed the FTP by editing a .php file.
    What file did you change?


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    fcrossen
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭fcrossen


    Stanlex wrote: »
    Problem is solved. I bypassed the FTP by editing a .php file.

    I know how to use basic Linux.

    "If you edit a Wordpress core file you're goanna have a baaadddd tiiiiime. 'nkay?"


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    Stanlex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭Stanlex


    fcrossen wrote: »
    Wordpress asks for login details when it thinks it doesn't have write permissions to the wp-content folder.

    If you are on a VM on a test machine (and are not sure of the user that Apache is running as - 'www-data'?) then you can make all files in wp-content world writable. ("chown -R o+w wp-content").

    DO NOT DO THIS ON A SHARED HOST.

    Exactly how I solved my problem. Thank you!


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    #15
    Stanlex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭Stanlex


    daymobrew wrote: »
    What file did you change?

    Post #11


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    #16
    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,494 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    Stanlex wrote: »
    Post #11
    That was a recursive chown - no editing of a php file. :confused:


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    #17
    Stanlex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭Stanlex


    daymobrew wrote: »
    That was a recursive chown - no editing of a php file. :confused:

    I changed the permissions of the folders in wp-content. After I done that, i wasn't asked for a Hostname, FTP Username and password.


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    #18
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 7,859 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    I'm pretty sure I did this before by putting in "localhost" instead of the IP and it worked grand.


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