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1. kate enf
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi - sorry - i have searched the Forum but cant find an answer to my specific image uploading query.

   what happens is i get the message: Unable to create directory /../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../tmp. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

   I've been in touch with my web host and they say that have i have permissions to two levels down - i.e. root > blog - but not any further, and obviously wp-content is the next level down.

   (I've cleared my cache, i'm using firefox)

   how do it resolve this?

   i could upload images no problem prior to the upgrade.

   (the upgrade is great by the way!b)

2. maotouying
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am having the same problem with
   WordPress 2.0.3
   PHP Version 4.3.10
   SuSE 9.3.1-3
   Plesk 7.5.4
   Apache/2.0.53 (Linux/SUSE)

   :-(

3. IainPurdie
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I've had similar problems with 2.5 on one host, but not on another. Changing permissions has made no difference.

   One thing to try, which did work for me:

   1) Ensure you are not trying to upload the files into a folder that already exists. Let the system create a new one. It does mean that your files may be separated from the old ones, but that's a small price to pay to get it working!

   2) Make sure your path for the directory does *not* begin with a "/". This will ensure that you create the directory within the WordPress folder structure to which you should have access.

4. maotouying
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi Iain (& Kate),
   please : how have you done this trick ?

5. maotouying
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi Iain & Kate,
   silly me :
   1. Login as admin (or whatever your super-user is called)
   2. Go to Options -> Miscellaneous
   3. Check : Store uploads in this folder
   4. Restore : wp-content/uploads (this is where I have found that /../tmp thing)
   5. Check "Organize my Uploads ..."
   6. Hit "Udate Options"
   This worked for me, thanks a Million or even more ...
   uhu

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