Title: Activation Error
Last modified: June 24, 2019

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# Activation Error

 *  Resolved [Jan444](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ign2009/)
 * (@ign2009)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activation-error-101/)
 * Hi, I’m receiving this error upon installation:
 * > Warning: rename(/var/www/WORDPRESS/wp-content/plugins/wp-phpmyadmin-extension/
   > default_library_puvox.php,/var/www/WORDPRESS/wp-content/plugins/default_library_puvox.
   > php): Permission denied in /var/www/WORDPRESS/wp-content/plugins/wp-phpmyadmin-
   > extension/index.php on line 24
   > Warning: require_once(/var/www/WORDPRESS/wp-content/plugins/default_library_puvox.
   > php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/WORDPRESS/
   > wp-content/plugins/wp-phpmyadmin-extension/index.php on line 24
   > Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘/var/www/WORDPRESS/wp-
   > content/plugins/default_library_puvox.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/share/php:/
   > var/www/WORDPRESS/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce_ogonecw/lib:/var/www/WORDPRESS/
   > wp-content/plugins/woocommerce_ogonecw/classes/OgoneCw:/var/www/WORDPRESS/wp-
   > content/plugins/woocommerce_ogonecw/classes’) in /var/www/WORDPRESS/wp-content/
   > plugins/wp-phpmyadmin-extension/index.php on line 24
 * On line 24 there’s this:
 * `if( file_exists($lib_start=__DIR__."/$name") && !defined("_puvox_machine_") ){
   rename($lib_start, $lib_final); } require_once($lib_final);`
 * Do I have to change some permissions?
 * Please help!
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [Jan444](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ign2009/).

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 *  [tazotodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tazotodua/)
 * (@tazotodua)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activation-error-101/#post-11665866)
 * I doubt you use VPS or like that. Please check: [https://puvox.software/blog/setup-correct-permissions-on-vps-ubuntu-linux-etc-for-multiple-users/](https://puvox.software/blog/setup-correct-permissions-on-vps-ubuntu-linux-etc-for-multiple-users/)
 *  [tazotodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tazotodua/)
 * (@tazotodua)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activation-error-101/#post-11668352)
 * The temporary solution would be to enter s/FTP and right click on the folder 
   of /wp-content/plugins/wp-phpmyadmin-extension and in USER/group, choose `www-
   data` instead of `root`.

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