XF 2.2 Classic upgrade error - files are not writable

[corliss1]

Hey crew! I'm getting the classic error of "The following issue was found when determining if a one-click upgrade is possible: The files are not writable."

I'm going from 2.2.16 to 2.2.19, with the hopes of getting to version 3 sooner than later.

I did read other threads on this so I've already done the following:

-ensured everything on the forum has the correct owner:group ownership
-ensured everything is 755

Since it's giving me that output in the interface I'm assuming Xenforo knows what files aren't writable - is that logged anywhere? Are there specific directories that need to be 777 during the upgrade process?

I'm guessing there has to be a workaround other than "make everything 777" as putting those permissions back after would be a chunk of work.

Thanks!

 

[MySiteGuy]

Change the group and user ownership of the files and directories to the proper user and group.

This is usually the reason for not being able to write to files and directories. For example, using SSH to upload files as root or another user that isn't the web server software user.