Comments on: WordPress 2.2 ‘Getz’ Out … Bundled With Widgets http://corymiller.com/wordpress-22-getz-out-bundled-with-widgets/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank http://corymiller.com/wordpress-22-getz-out-bundled-with-widgets/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Frank Wed, 16 May 2007 15:02:13 +0000 http://corymiller.com/wordpress/wordpress-22-getz-out-bundled-with-widgets/#comment-169 This "could" be done but I think it will cause as many issues as it fixes. The biggest problem you will run into is file ownership (assuming you are running on a *nix server). When you upload a file via FTP the file is owned by the user that was logged into FTP. If the file (a plugin for example) is uploaded via web it "typically" will end up being owned by the user that is running the web server. On most *nix boxes this is a user called "nobody" or some other id with very little server permissions. This mismatch in ownership can cause a lot of issues (you can't delete the plugin via ftp, only via web etc.). Joomla/Mambo has an upload system like you describe and we do run into a fair amount of ownership issues because of that. This “could” be done but I think it will cause as many issues as it fixes. The biggest problem you will run into is file ownership (assuming you are running on a *nix server). When you upload a file via FTP the file is owned by the user that was logged into FTP. If the file (a plugin for example) is uploaded via web it “typically” will end up being owned by the user that is running the web server. On most *nix boxes this is a user called “nobody” or some other id with very little server permissions. This mismatch in ownership can cause a lot of issues (you can’t delete the plugin via ftp, only via web etc.).

Joomla/Mambo has an upload system like you describe and we do run into a fair amount of ownership issues because of that.

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