Title: multisite network admin 404 errors Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # multisite network admin 404 errors * Resolved [thegblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegblog/) * (@thegblog) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/) * I have a site I just changed over to multisite. It was working like a charm, but after playing around with buddypress, I’m now having an issue where I am unable to access the network admin page. When I click on network admin under howdy username, I get a 404 error page. I’ve deleted all my plugins, changed the theme and still have been unable to access this. * I am able to access both my network sites admin, just not the network admin itself. All posts are posting * I’ve searched the engines and the forums here, but can’t find an answer to this specific issue. Any help is appreciated Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379583) * Did you make any changes to your .htaccess file? * Is the /wp-admin/network folder still there on your server? * Thread Starter [thegblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegblog/) * (@thegblog) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379587) * wp-admin/network folder is on the server. * I did make changes to my .htaccess, but only after this started to happen. I’ll try to paste the .htaceess info below: * ``` # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] # uploaded files RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^ - [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` * thanks * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379604) * Cuold you get into the network admin when BP was on? * Thread Starter [thegblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegblog/) * (@thegblog) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379605) * yeah, it actually started when I was trying to build the forums on buddypress, I got “you do not have permission to do this” or something and then when I hit back and tried again, I got the 404. * I have deleted the buddypress plugin from the plugin folder via ftp now * Thread Starter [thegblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegblog/) * (@thegblog) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379770) * Okay, I was able to fix this issue by changing the permissions of wp-admin to 755. Not sure how that got changed in the first place. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379791) * Uh … Okay no. No no. Bad server! No cookies! * wp-admin should _never_ be 775! That’s _writable_ for heaven’s sake! wp-content, I could see. But wp-ADMIN!? If your server requires that, you have other issues. * Thread Starter [thegblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegblog/) * (@thegblog) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379792) * How about 755? :> What permissions do you recommend for wp-admin? * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379793) * Ohhh I read it as 777 and typed 755 and … I need more coffee. 755 is okay. 777 is baaaad. * [Grant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmeben/) * (@gmeben) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379887) * [@thegblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegblog/) The permissions for wp-admin may never have been changed in the first place. * I’m not certain what method you may have used, but I used the File Manager in cPanel to change file permissions for all the files and folders located in the root directory to 755, but I noticed that the files in all of the sub-directories were still 775, including wp-admin. * cPanel’s File Manager isn’t the most thorough way to go about setting file permissions I notice. I believe setting them through the terminal is a more effective method. * [Grant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmeben/) * (@gmeben) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379899) * Setting permissions with SSH access via Terminal: * 1. `ssh -p [$port] [$user]@[$ip]` * [$port] = port number with no colon (ex: `22`, `80`) [$user] = FTP username [ $ip] = server IP address * 2. Enter password Note: Terminal may or may not make typed characters visible. I recommend copying and pasting the password and hitting enter. * 3. `chmod 755 -R /home/[$user]/public_html` * [$user] = FTP username Note: -R is case sensitive Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘multisite network admin 404 errors’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [404 errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/404-errors/) * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/) * [network admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network-admin/) * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 10 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Grant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmeben/) * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-network-admin-404-errors/#post-2379899) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics