Comments on: Getting WordPress Automatic Upgrade to Work on Pair.com http://www.ericshefferman.com/2009/03/15/getting-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-to-work-on-pair-com/ Blog-o-Goodness Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:45:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Eric http://www.ericshefferman.com/2009/03/15/getting-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-to-work-on-pair-com/comment-page-1/#comment-17001 Eric Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:45:37 +0000 http://www.ericshefferman.com/?p=43#comment-17001 @kitchin That's a good question! I have not been, but it is worth checking... Argh! What a hidden sub-detail to need to upgrade. Looking in the /usr/www/cgi-bin directory php5.cgi filesize 23,283,721 last modified 11/20/2011 Looking in my cgi-bin directory php5.cgi filesize 6,247,516 last modified 12/2/2009 Which makes me think I did update it... once. This time I was lazy - used my ftp software to download it and renamed the old php5.cgi to .old and uploaded the new one. Site crash - oh yeah, gotta change the permissions to 755. Grabbing the file and moving it via ftp is a lot easier for me than making sure I type the linux commands correctly. If you can read this comment, then the site is apparently still up and functional. Oh - and just making a change like this on a file that affects a whole bunch of live sites is kinda stupid, but I did this at 4am and I doubt any of my sites have any appreciable traffic in general but especially at 4am. I do wonder if there's a better way to change such a crucial file? @kitchin
That’s a good question! I have not been, but it is worth checking… Argh! What a hidden sub-detail to need to upgrade.

Looking in the /usr/www/cgi-bin directory
php5.cgi filesize 23,283,721 last modified 11/20/2011

Looking in my cgi-bin directory
php5.cgi filesize 6,247,516 last modified 12/2/2009

Which makes me think I did update it… once.

This time I was lazy – used my ftp software to download it and renamed the old php5.cgi to .old and uploaded the new one. Site crash – oh yeah, gotta change the permissions to 755.

Grabbing the file and moving it via ftp is a lot easier for me than making sure I type the linux commands correctly.

If you can read this comment, then the site is apparently still up and functional.

Oh – and just making a change like this on a file that affects a whole bunch of live sites is kinda stupid, but I did this at 4am and I doubt any of my sites have any appreciable traffic in general but especially at 4am. I do wonder if there’s a better way to change such a crucial file?

]]> By: kitchin http://www.ericshefferman.com/2009/03/15/getting-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-to-work-on-pair-com/comment-page-1/#comment-16675 kitchin Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:49:11 +0000 http://www.ericshefferman.com/?p=43#comment-16675 Are you updating php5 from time to time? Are you updating php5 from time to time?

]]> By: Jeffrey Nichols http://www.ericshefferman.com/2009/03/15/getting-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-to-work-on-pair-com/comment-page-1/#comment-9593 Jeffrey Nichols Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:18:12 +0000 http://www.ericshefferman.com/?p=43#comment-9593 Thanks for writing this up! I had done this for other sites on pair for other reasons and didn't realize this was what I need to do for Wordpress updates. Awesome! Thanks for writing this up! I had done this for other sites on pair for other reasons and didn’t realize this was what I need to do for WordPress updates. Awesome!

]]> By: chief http://www.ericshefferman.com/2009/03/15/getting-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-to-work-on-pair-com/comment-page-1/#comment-9591 chief Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:42:31 +0000 http://www.ericshefferman.com/?p=43#comment-9591 Thanks for this tip - it was starting to annoy me, works awesome, I'm surprised that pair doesn't default to this. Cheers! Thanks for this tip – it was starting to annoy me, works awesome, I’m surprised that pair doesn’t default to this. Cheers!

]]> By: Nathan Rutman http://www.ericshefferman.com/2009/03/15/getting-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-to-work-on-pair-com/comment-page-1/#comment-9580 Nathan Rutman Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:39:19 +0000 http://www.ericshefferman.com/?p=43#comment-9580 THANK YOU for this article!! I was having all kinds of permission problems with WordPress on my Pair account. This worked like a charm! THANK YOU for this article!! I was having all kinds of permission problems with WordPress on my Pair account. This worked like a charm!

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