Title: Base directory default path cannot be changed
Last modified: August 22, 2016

---

# Base directory default path cannot be changed

 *  Resolved [Ranger48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ranger48/)
 * (@ranger48)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-directory-default-path-cannot-be-changed/)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for this plugin which seems to offer what I’m looking for, except that
   I have a slight problem.
 * I find the Base directory paths somewhat confusing because I cannot remove the
   default path that is displayed there, which in my case shows up as www/users/
   matzit/, the last part presumably derived from my site URL which is [http://www.matzitek.com](http://www.matzitek.com).
   I added testfiles after matzit/ and created the matzit and testfiles directories
   under the root directory (same as WP install directory) where I thought they 
   should go.
 * Then I created a Test Page with the shortcode `[fileaway debug="on"]` but this
   shows me that the shortcode is pointing to usr/www/users/matzit/testfiles.
 * Now this is even more confusing because being a Linux user I recognize that path
   as a possible path on my computer, but on the server where my site is hosted 
   there is no such path.
 * Where am I going wrong?
 * Thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/)

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-directory-default-path-cannot-be-changed/#post-5453983)
 * I have no idea the details of your server setup. File Away is rooted in your 
   server root directory. That wont change. Try removing debug from your shortcode
   and adding makedir=true and directories=true to your shortcode.
 *  Thread Starter [Ranger48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ranger48/)
 * (@ranger48)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-directory-default-path-cannot-be-changed/#post-5454086)
 * Hi Tom, thanks for the response.
 * File Away is there, in wp-content/plugins/file-away.
 * I tried what you suggested, but it doesn’t help. If I understand the makedir 
   attribute correctly, it should create the directory that I specify, not so? My
   Base Directory 1 line now looks like this: www/users/matzit/wp-content/uploads/
   demo. But I don’t see it anywhere in the WP directory structure using either 
   FileZilla or my server’s control panel. So where is the directory/folder?
 * Also, why can’t the ‘www/users/matzit/’ part be changed to an actual directory
   in the installation directory, e.g. wp-content/uploads/demo? It seems to me that
   this is where the problem lies.
 * Could it perhaps be a permissions problem?
 *  Thread Starter [Ranger48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ranger48/)
 * (@ranger48)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-directory-default-path-cannot-be-changed/#post-5454087)
 * OK, please ignore previous post.
 * It turns out that I had to actually create the demo folder on the server first.
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-directory-default-path-cannot-be-changed/#post-5454089)
 * “Also, why can’t the ‘www/users/matzit/’ part be changed to an actual directory
   in the installation directory, e.g. wp-content/uploads/demo? It seems to me that
   this is where the problem lies.”
 * On the Basic Config tab, put your cursor in the text field AFTER `www/users/matzit/`
   then type the rest of the path.

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

The topic ‘Base directory default path cannot be changed’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/file-away_e3e2e1.svg)
 * [File Away](https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/file-away/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/file-away/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/file-away/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/file-away/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [base directory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/base-directory/)

 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-directory-default-path-cannot-be-changed/#post-5454089)
 * Status: resolved