unable to create directory errors

  • Hi trying to upload an image an i get the following error. From what I’ve been reading here is it something to do with permissions? If so what file/ where would it be located and what should I change permission to?

    If not that any other ideas?

    Help would be really apreciated

    Unable to create directory /var/virtual/web/w1093/html/wp-content/uploads/2007/07. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

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  • Hmm.. well, it does seem like a permission issue. My directory is chmod’ed to 755. That is rwxr-xr-x

    Thread Starter craigh

    (@craigh)

    Hi barlas, thank for looking at this issue for me.
    I’m a newbie so can you tell me where I find the parent directory / its name and I’ll have a go at changing permissions
    Thanks heaps,
    Craig

    Parent directory means, the directory above the current one.

    For example, in /var/virtual/web/w1093/html/wp-content/uploads/2007/07
    2007 is parent directory of 07
    uploads is parent directory of 2007
    wp-content is parent directory of uploads and so on.

    You don’t have to worry about anything before html/, they are controlled by your webhost, most probably, problem is with wp-content or uploads.

    About changing permissions, it depends on how you are doing, if you are using ssh or terminal just type chmod 755 <directory_name> (where <directory_name> is the name of directory of which you want to change permission). Or if you are using ftp client, every client have different ways of doing things, usually you can right click on directory and choose change permissions.

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