Title: Scanner: wp-config.php "Not Found"
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Scanner: wp-config.php "Not Found"

 *  Resolved [ajmaxwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajmaxwell/)
 * (@ajmaxwell)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-security-scan-scanner-wp-configphp-not-found/)
 * I just updated to WordPress 3.6.1 and WP Security 4.0.1 and have noticed that
   the scanner (WP Security > Scanner) cannot find my wp-config.php file. I see 
   it in the root directory of the WordPress install (example.com/blog/), and checked
   permissions (Owner: FTP User, Group: www-data, Permissions: 644); but WP Security
   Scanner still cannot find it.
 * Am I missing something? It should find it but apparently it cannot. Does anyone
   have any idea how to fix this?
 * Thanks,
    AJMaxwell
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-scan/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-scan/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Acunetix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acunetix/)
 * (@acunetix)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-security-scan-scanner-wp-configphp-not-found/#post-4122820)
 * Hello, ajmaxwell
 * Thank you for showing interest in our plugin
 * To solve this issue, please open the plugin’s **wss-settings.php** file in a 
   text editor, locate:
    `$_wsdpluginWpConfigPath ='';` on line 49 and change it
   to: `$_wsdpluginWpConfigPath = $_wsdplugin_base_path.'wp-config.php';`
 * Regards,
    Acunetix
 *  [brettyarr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettyarr/)
 * (@brettyarr)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-security-scan-scanner-wp-configphp-not-found/#post-4122990)
 * Im having an issue where it says I dont have sufficient permissions to access
   this page (using the admin login) when I try let the plugin rename the WordPress
   database table prefixes (The default WordPress database prefix (wp_) is used)
 *  [xcded](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xcded/)
 * (@xcded)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-security-scan-scanner-wp-configphp-not-found/#post-4123021)
 * Thanks!!!
 *  Plugin Author [Acunetix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acunetix/)
 * (@acunetix)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-security-scan-scanner-wp-configphp-not-found/#post-4123029)
 * Hello, brettyarr
 * thank you for your feedback.
 * Please let us know the following:
    – are you running the plugin in a MultiSite
   installation? – do you have access to the error log file? – does the db user 
   have ALTER rights?
 * Looking forward to hearing from you
 * Regards,
    Costin

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-security-scan-scanner-wp-configphp-not-found/#post-4123029)
 * Status: resolved