Title: Permissions error using WordPress on local server
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permissions error using WordPress on local server

 *  [David Leeming](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david-leeming/)
 * (@david-leeming)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-error-using-wordpress-on-local-server/)
 * I have an installation of WordPress installed on Ububtu, using apt-get, on a 
   machine with two NICs. (I installed LAMP prior to WordPress). WordPress works
   fine when browsing on the local machine (localhost/wordpress), and I can equally
   view other html content also located in the webroot folder /var/www.
 * I want to make it available via a local network (with wireless APs) on eth1. 
   I have set this up with dnsmasq so that it redirects any URL back to the local
   server using address 10.0.0.1. It works with all my other content located in /
   var/www. From a connected computer on this eth1 network, I can view the other
   content, so the server is working fine.
 * But when I try to browse WordPress it gives this type of error:
 * /etc/wordpress/config-10.0.0.1.php could not be found. The file is either not
   readable by this process or does not exist.
    Please check if /etc/wordpress/config-
   10.0.0.1.php exists and contains the right password/username.
 * Is this a permission error? I tried chmod 777 /var/www/wordpress but no luck.

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 * Last reply from: [David Leeming](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david-leeming/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-error-using-wordpress-on-local-server/)
 * Status: not resolved

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