tdcinhawaii

I’ve changed permissions on the wp-content directory to 766. I’ve also added the following to the htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>

I still receive an error when uploading and crunching numbers.

I am using WP 2.9.2

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Here’s a solution that worked for me:

I believe I’ve found a workaround solution. When using XAMPP on MAC:
Concerning the Unable to create directory problem emmei, PTK, Fandango, Bobby B, and andreas were having on the mac version of XAMPP.

I had the same problem and found it was a permissions issue. The workaround I found was to reset ownership of the WordPress instillation to nobody by running the following command in the terminal application (Applications>Utilities>Terminal).

sudo chown -R nobody:staff /applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/wordpress

Replace the last filename (wordpress) with the name of the folder for your WordPress instillation. Terminal will ask for your root user password. You will not be able to see what you are typing, but type it and hit enter.

The matter is more complicated if you have run the [ /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/xampp security ] program in terminal. I think this command changes the user permissions mask for the user nobody so that WordPress does not have write access to the folders it creates. I’m sure this was done for security reasons. I don’t know where this setting is in XAMPP so the only solutions I can think of is either not to run the security program or set up WordPress as it’s own user and reset file ownership accordingly.

via: https://sixrevisions.com/tutorials/web-development-tutorials/using-xampp-for-local-wordpress-theme-development/

Yabudi –

Here is the solution that worked for me. I have not installed the latest theme version.

https://forum.bytesforall.com/showthread.php?p=21593#post21593

I’m having the exact same issue on a local host. I was advised to check my permissions. I did so for XAMPP and I also double checked my database privileges and I’ve got the same exact problem.

Yabudi – did you ever resolve this issue? I am having the same problem using Aptahualpa theme.