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If you’ve ever been greeted with the error message “The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.: wp-admin/includes/update-core.php” while trying to upgrade WordPress via the UI on Centos or RHEL; typically most people point you to examine file permissions. Usually, those are correct, apache:apache. SELinux interferes with this process and must be manipulated with the following:
Assuming a WordPress installation path of /var/www/wordpress
1 2 | chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/wordpress chcon -R -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/wordpress |
