I am having a hard time understanding how permissions are supposed to be set.

I can't seem to upgrade my wordpress and i have been reading online that it's a permissions problems.

The problem is i don't really understand who is supposed to own the folders and why

I am using CentOS, when i installed it, i remember it asked me to make a user, i made a user called "admin" i can't remember if i made him a root user,

i also have the root user, and i recently found out there is the apache user also,

can someone explain to me, what permissions and which user is supposed to have permissions for these files,


currently i have 3 users all mixed up, as you can see in the picture below,

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https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardenin...le_Permissions
https://codex.wordpress.org/Installi...Minute_Install


/var/www/html/turdpress -R is gonna be the apache service/user.
files should be 644
directories should be 755
With few exceptions... None of those apply (cgi-stuff)

When you installed it, the installer "asked you" to make an admin user, it was for the Wordpress admin account
It is NOT a linux system-level user.
It's the god-mode / Power User / Admin

If you can't upgrade, it is likely a file permissions:ownership-related.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardenin...le_Permissions says what I've said.

Files:
"Folders" or directories:
Owner:
Then check your dashboard for update and see what happens.

hmm i followed your instructions but it didn't work, maybe it's not a permissions problem


i could update it manually but it's really bugging me to as why it's not working,


what is weird is updating plugins and installing themes work fine

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i thinkthe most important bit from the previous post is that wordpress has a vast amount of tutorials and documentation for you to peruse.
centos is most certainly also mentioned.
one thing though: somehow i get the impression that you are using centos 6.8. good, and NOT outdated, but many of the tutorials might assume that you are using a somewhat newer operating system.

I've used those 2 documents for 5 years or more on 100s of Turdpress installs and all mine work.
IDK what you've read, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't sourced from wordpress.com/codex

You had my attention, and now you don't. Good Luck. Nothing personal.

i meant during the centos installation it asks you to make a user


i will just update manually, i still can't figure it out



also, i am using centos 7 , not 6, i will try to yum update

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CentOS installation has nothing to do with Wordpress, so I'm not sure how that's relevant.
yum update won't fix a busted Turdpress, you will have to.

All this is discussed at https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

Step1
step2

Is the English language an issue?

Whatever is baking your banana must be
You don't have a standard install.
You aren't reading at https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress or
You aren't comprehending https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

Enough, you're not asking the right questions to solve this issue, so that
says to me you are not reading https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress at all.

It's not going to magically fix itself. You're not trying IMO.
Failure is feedback.

is this shot taken during installation?


it's really busy installing loads of stuff.

i think you are totally confused.

i will break it down for you:

1) you must install the operating system, which includes standard stuff like initial updates, creating a user, choosing a password etc.

2) then you must install a web server. the obvious choice is apache, and php. this with yum.

3) then you must get your server working, i.e. your machine is serving pages to the outside world, from some other machine you can see maybe the apache test page.

4) only now (!) do you go to wordpress, download the latest wordpress, and follow THEIR instructions to install it.

you MUST follow these steps in exactly that order.
there's no other way.

Personally I advise against any CMS as they generally lead to bad practices, if you must use wordpress then makesure to follow the wordpress hardening document: https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

It'll avoid most of the issues that makes wordpress like Swiss cheese in regards to security.