Day: October 31, 2013

SSH into your Amazon instance without a KeyPair

1.  SSH into your instance. 2.  Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set PasswordAuthentication to yes. One way to do this is to enter the command nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config, then scroll down toPasswordAuthentication.  Change the no to yes.  Then press Ctrl+X, and press the Y key to save and quit. 3.  Enter the command /etc/init.d/sshd reload. (for Ubuntu, enter the command reload ssh) 4.  Set your password if you haven’t already, with the passwd command. […]

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Error when updating plugins by FTP “Unable to locate WordPress Content directory (wp-content).” SOLVED

Error when updating plugins by FTP “Unable to locate WordPress Content directory (wp-content).” SOLVED if(is_admin()) { add_filter(‘filesystem_method’, create_function(‘$a’, ‘return “direct”;’ )); define( ‘FS_CHMOD_DIR’, 0751 ); } Hope this helps.

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