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

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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