WordPress file uploads failing - how to set up permissions?

I'm trying to set up a new WordPress installation with another developer. He had the site originally running on his own server and he used his own, secondary user account to upload the files to WebFaction via SFTP.

Now the problem is that the files and directories are created with his user and the site is running with my user. I haven't found a solution to set up the permissions so that WordPress file uploads would work.

I tried re-creating the /wp-content/uploads directory and setting it permissions correctly, but that didn't help. When I check the permissions with ls -la, I get these results:

drwxr-sr-x+ 29 myusername mygroup 4096 23.10. 13:05 uploads

What am I doing wrong?

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asked 23 Oct '14, 13:39

roxeteer
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Make sure that your main account user has r-x or rwx permissions at every level leading up to (and including) the uploads directory.

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answered 23 Oct '14, 16:05

seanf
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The permissions were correct, but the month-based directory inside the /uploads was still owned by a wrong user.

BTW, any idea if there's a way to chown a directory without sudo rights?

(26 Oct '14, 13:26) roxeteer

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