Re: WhoAmI in PHP and getting Wordpress plugins to work without FTP

Aaron,

Hmmm. Same issue on my i (6.1) but I don't recall how I got the Akismet plugin installed initially. When I went to update it just now, I got the login prompt for FTP and it eventually died in any case. Looking at the folders, PETE has *RWX and *ALL authority. *PUBLIC is *EXCLUDE. QTMHHTTP isn't even mentioned.... But the plugins folder has the same authority including QTMHHTTP having *RWX and *ALL. Curious.

I recall having issues before with updaters and plugins on i. Perhaps that PHP list at Zend has some pointers?

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com


On 12/9/2010 9:36 AM, Aaron Bartell wrote:

Hi all,

I was able to get WordPress up and running on my IBM i with relative ease
and now I want to install additional plugins. The issue is that if the user
profile used by the currently running script doesn't have access to the
folder where the plugin is going to be installed, then it will prompt you
for FTP login information.

Here is an article that talks about the issue:
http://hecode.com/why-wordpress-asks-for-connection-info-when-i-try-to-install-new-plugin/

In the article then recommend creating a simple php script with the
following:

echo exec('whoami');

I did that, and it is executing successfully (no ZendServer error logs or
warnings) but it returns blanks, so that doesn't help. I have even gone as
far as giving *PUBLIC all authority to the entire directory structure with
the following command (running V6R1):


CHGAUT OBJ('/www/zendsvr') USER(*PUBLIC) DTAAUT(*RWX) OBJAUT(*ALL)
SUBTREE(*ALL)


Still no go.

Anybody else resolve this?
Aaron Bartell