I have a website running on Ghost v5.33.0. I want to update it to the latest version, which requires me to run ghost backup and ghost update. However, I am encountering errors that prevent me from proceeding.
When I run ghost doctor, I receive errors related to the logged-in user not being the directory owner and current folder permissions
Checking if logged in user is directory owner Checking current folder permissions
The last time I encountered a similar issue, I ended up completely crashing my ghost blog and couldn’t start ghost because I received the same error after running ghost start .
Somehow, systemd is corrupt or broken. You’ll need to manually remove the entry, and try again.
I’d also double check permissions for the Ghost directory.
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i backup my server and now trying ghost doctor. and get this:
✔ Checking system Node.js version - found v16.19.0
✔ Checking logged in user
✔ Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user
✖ Checking if logged in user is directory owner
✖ Checking current folder permissions
✔ Checking system compatibility
✔ Checking for a MySQL installation
+ sudo systemctl is-active ghost_solidity-university
Instance is currently running
ℹ Validating config [skipped]
✔ Checking folder permissions
✖ Checking file permissions
✔ Checking content folder ownership
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking binary dependencies
✔ Checking free space
✔ Checking systemd unit file
✔ Checking systemd node version - found v16.19.0
One or more errors occurred.
1) Checking if logged in user is directory owner
Message: Your user does not own the directory /var/www/uni and is also not a member of the owning group.
You must either log in with the user that owns the directory or add your user to the owning group.
Help: https://ghost.org/docs/install/ubuntu/#create-a-new-user
2) Checking current folder permissions
Message: The directory /var/www/uni is not writable by your user. You must grant write access and try again.
Help: https://ghost.org/docs/install/ubuntu/#create-a-directory
3) Checking file permissions
Message: Your installation folder contains some directories or files with incorrect permissions:
- ./.ghost-cli
- ./content/settings/routes-2023-02-02-08-54-41.yaml
- ./content/settings/routes.yaml
Is there is proper way to fix it? maybe i should start from here with another way?
Of course, you’ll get this error if Nginx is running and Ghost is not.
As already stated, the likely issues are:
permissions, and
systemd isn’t configured correctly.
I suggest you resolve the permission problem first. The folder in /var/www should be owned by the Ghost user, and this user should have sudo privileges.
Other than correcting ownership issues, you shouldn’t use sudo. Try this:
cd /var/www
sudo chown -R ghost:ghost uni
cd uni
find . -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;
I have assumed your Ghost user is ghost, and you are logged in as this user.
Checking current folder permissions
