FTP Credentials not stored

[Tuxman]

In earlier versions of WordPress the FTP Credentials were stored automatically. Since I upgraded my blogs to 2.7 (and 2.7.1), I'll have to re-enter them every time I try to install or update a plug-in. Obviously there's something going wrong.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

that's a better behavior from a security standpoint, but if it's a different behavior from previous versions, it's not good.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

[22:47] <sivel> i didn't think they were stored anywhere, unless manually entered in wp-config.php
[22:47] <ddebernardy> right
[22:47] <ddebernardy> thought so too

[Tuxman]

They were (are?) stored in the DB at least.

AFAIK they were also applied automatically, but I don't know why (I only had 1 blog that time, maybe it was a plug-in?) ... however it should be possible to reuse them. Let's say with a checkbox "enable automatic updating" or sth...

[filosofo]

The ftp info is stored in option "ftp_credentials' but not saved in the case of an error.

[filosofo]

But apparently not the password, port, private_key, or public_key.

[dd32]

Thats correct, The hostname(which includes any custom port), username, and selected method (FTP/FTPS/SSH) are stored in the ftp_credentials DB option.

The public/Private keys are not stored, nor is the password. I'm honestly not sure why the public/private keys were not stored.. but there's the defines for those anyway.

I'll investigate later.

[Tuxman]

Thanks dd32... hope to see this solved in a later version. :)

[dd32]

Its working as expected under current 2.8 (trunk) which will be released in under a week. therefor, closing as worksforme.

If you're still having trouble, you can attempt deleting the credentials and see if that helps, just add:

<?php delete_option('ftp_credentials'); ?>

Into a theme file temporarily and see if that helps (Note: You'll have to remove that line after visiting the page its on)