Title: Image upload error message
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Image upload error message

 *  [fraim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fraim/)
 * (@fraim)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-message/)
 * Every time I try to upload an image into a page, I get the following error message.
   I’m guessing there is an easy solution, has anyone seen this?
 * Unable to create directory /var/www/users/userweb60922/html/blog/wp-content/uploads/
   2008/12. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
 * Using Firefox 5.0 on a MacBook

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-error-message/#post-944633)
 * Is `/var/www/users/userweb60922/html/blog/wp-content/uploads` set to 777?
 * See [Changing File Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
   for an explanation to file permissions.

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