Can't Set Up Redirects

[klowl]

When I try to set up a redirect through C-Panel, I get the following error:

Unable to write to .htaccess: /home/nccyc/public_html/.htaccess

I've seen elsewhere that I should try to edit permissions for that file, but I don't know what to change them to, and even when I try to change them it won't let me. One place said that I needed to make sure that "System" was set for read/write permissions (the numbers would be 0644), but there isn't even a "system" column, just "user," "group," and "reader" (which is currently set to 644).

What can I do to restore this capability?

 

[Livewire]

Fixing it now, give me about 5 minutes; somewhere in there your user account lost permissions to the .htaccess file.


Edit: Try now. By "lost permissions" I don't mean the actual permissions were wrong (they were 644), but somehow you were no longer the owner of the file, hence the problems. Easy enough to fix from here though

 

[descalzo]

but somehow you were no longer the owner of the file, hence the problems.

Would the system do this during a Suspension/Unsuspension ?

 

[Livewire]

Would the system do this during a Suspension/Unsuspension ?

*snip*

So while unlikely, that probably -is- the cause. I can't think up anythign else that would've done it


Edit: Yeah, watched it while I suspended my test account, that is what caused it. The contents of the file are right but it forgot to change the owner back; if you read this -before- the edit, ignore what I had said above, as it doesn't apparently work that way once I looked closer

 

[klowl]

Thanks. It all works now. And, yes, I suspect it was from a recent suspension. I got suspended for excessive resource usage, but I'm still not really sure why. Any thoughts?

 

[Livewire]

If you have any caching plugins disable them; those are notorious for hogging cpu when generating the cache.

Otherwise, look for anything that could use excessive CPU/Ram for an extended time, such as scripts on a cron.