3.0 on linux localhost file permissions

Or should I do it with chown?

Excellent! Thank you. I am now able to upload media to my testing website. Now, I have run into another snag. While I’m trying to install plugins, I get the message:

To perform the requested action, connection information is required.

It asks me for Hostname, Username and Password, and has two options for Connection Type: FTP and FTPS (SSL). I’m pretty sure the Hostname is localhost because if I type anything else, I get an error message that says:

Failed to connect to FTP Server localhost/wordpress:21

But if I use localhost as the Hostname, it just says my username/password are incorrect. So what username and password is it looking for? I tried the MySQL username and password. I tried the admin username and password, but it just keeps saying I have the wrong username/password. Any ideas?

RVoodoo, you are awesome. This took care of it perfectly. Thank you again 🙂