Joomla! Configuration Error – JFTP::write: Bad response
Posted by Troy on November 19, 2010 under IT, Open Source, Social Networking, Web | 
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I just installed Joomla! version 1.5.22 the other day for a Not-For-Profit organization. I tried to change the Color Variation and Background Variation property from Black to Blue in the Template Manager:
When I applied the change I received the following errors:
- JFTP::write: Bad Response
- Operation Failed!: failed to open /home/user/public_html/imagearts/…/params.ini for writing
Many time when there is a problem with file write permissions people have a tendency to perform a chmod 777. Sure this approach works but it allows any to have access to the file. So I took a conservative approach and started by looking at the existing permissions which was 555 and change it to 755 which gives the Owner Write access.
I used Filezilla to modify the file permissions. Once the permissions were modified to 755 the changes were applied successfully:
I also experienced a similar situation with the configuration.php file but in this case it was the Group that required Write permissions (the Owner already had Write). You need to set the permissions to chmod 664 :
The web server is hosted by Host Papa and it is a Linux/Apache server.
Troy
