WordPress 4.4.2 Update not working

I had to change the ownership of the directory

Current Ownership was
username:www-data

Changed it to
www=data:www-data

after this it’s not asking for my ftp password anymore and update is working with just one click

Reference

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-install-asks-for-ftp-details

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