How to fix a Permission Denial Error (Complete Details on Problem)

Moved to WordPress a few days ago. My website now gives a permission denial error everytime it's loaded: http://juicedsportsblog.com

Here is the error:

Warning: require(/home/mhblatt/public_html/wp-includes/compat.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/mhblatt/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 117

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/mhblatt/public_html/wp-includes/compat.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/mhblatt/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 117


Here are some lines before and after line 117 with line 117 in bold of file WP-Settings.php:

if ( !defined('PLUGINDIR') )
define('PLUGINDIR', 'wp-content/plugins'); // no leading slash, no trailing slash

require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/ compat.php');
require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php');

if ( file_exists(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/db.php') )
require_once (ABSPATH . 'wp-content/db.php');
else


Got any ideas on how to fix it?

 

I guess this file is missing

/home/mhblatt/public_html/wp-includes/compat.php


Regards

Alex

 

maybe you should CHMOD that file/dir

 

I just checked, it's there. And the permissions on both files are 777.

 

you need to edit the ABSPATH and INC folder definitions..

wherever those are, I never used wordpress

 

Is ABSPATH absolute path?

 

I changed some folder permissions and now I still have a white page on my domain, but the error messages disappeared. ...Whatever that means...

 

Yea, ABSPATH is absolute path, and dont know what that means, but my guess is, the ABSPATH is wrong in the configs, check where its defined maybe?

 

Are you sure the absolute path is correct?

I have had these probs before. You can test the path with $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED']

 

Ya, I'm pretty sure it's correct, I just looked manually, but I don't know how to test it.

 

I mean, I'm not sure ABSPATH is defined correctly, but I know that, if defined correctly, the path mentioned in wp-settings would work.

Here is how ABSPATH appears to be defined in config:

define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');

require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');

?>

I know they menitoned ABSPATH in wp-settings a few times before and it didn't get errors there, and they mentioned it a lot after and I didn't see errors for those lines.

 

Try placing the setting in manually, instead of the dirname(__FILE__)

 

Okay, so should I change it to username/www/...

 

The path names are all correct. The permissions are not.

Insure that all directories are chmoded to 755 and all files to 644. Also insure that the owner/group for such files directories are public.

Peace,

 

K, it works now, Thanks!