Title: Permissions Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Permissions * Resolved [simmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simmer/) * (@simmer) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/) * First Merry xmas all! Second my problem 🙁 * The installation was no problem but i’am having big trouble with the premissions… I used the following table [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/chmod/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/chmod/) and wordpress is still NOT letting me upload any files. I also made a dir(media) and chmod 777 on this and it’s still giving me the finger for uploading.. * I’am using Servage hosting(could this be the problem?) and found some wordpress pages that work.. COuld anybody help me solving this problem? I tried many things as posted in the forum but no luck 🙁 * thanks already! Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [Jason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vxjasonxv/) * (@vxjasonxv) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301180) * What’s the error message you’re getting? * [schestowitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schestowitz/) * (@schestowitz) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301210) * Have you insured that the entire path of directories enables you to access and write to /uploads? As far as I know, you must go up the levels (diretcory hierarchy), insuring that even your WordPress directory is writable (not /admin!). Hope it helps and merry Xmas! * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301211) * _As far as I know, you must go up the levels (diretcory hierarchy), insuring that even your WordPress directory is writable_ * I never had to do that. Making writable just the wp-content for example, was always enough to use the upload feature. * Thread Starter [simmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simmer/) * (@simmer) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301216) * Thanks for the replying!. I get the following error;”It doesn’t look like you can use the file upload feature at this time because the directory you have specified( home/goochie/public_html/wp-content) doesn’t appear to be writable by WordPress. Check the permissions on the directory and for typos.” * With wordpress 2.0 i get this error with uploading;Warning: mkdir(): SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid/gid is 6299/6299 is not allowed to access /mounted-storage/home8/sub003/sc15333-USOR/www/wp-content/uploads/2005 owned by uid/gid 99/99 in /mounted-storage/home8/sub003/sc15333-USOR/www/wp-includes/ functions-post.php on line 843 Unable to create directory /mounted-storage/home8/ sub003/sc15333-USOR/www/wp-content/uploads/2005/12. Is /mounted-storage/home8/ sub003/sc15333-USOR/www/wp-content/uploads/2005 writable? I found serveral solutions on this site but nothing works for me. * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301218) * _SAFE MODE Restriction in effect_ I am afraid that’s the key – that’s how your host set up the server. * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301219) * Previously, Safe Mode had no effect on WP. However, 2.0 creates image directories every month (it’s a feature) – and if Safe Mode means that the mkdir command does not work then you will have to use your file manager of ftp to create those directories for WP. * Far far from ideal. * Thread Starter [simmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simmer/) * (@simmer) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301238) * So there is no solution? Like a sais earlier there some sites running on servage hosting.. So it must be possible..but how 😉 * [schestowitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schestowitz/) * (@schestowitz) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301312) * You could run a script to create the all the directories you will ever need instead. I won’t manage to find the pseudo-code I wrote before, but you could create directories for years, put all month within each of these and then dates. A simple script can do all of this. If you don’t run the script on the server, you could run it locally and then upload all the directories via FTP. * [@podz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) – would it be useful if I created a sort of directory structure ‘template’ and zipped it? People with such limitation can uncompress it and upload… I think this would be handy. * Thread Starter [simmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simmer/) * (@simmer) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301330) * i went back to v1.5.2 and managed to upload files but only when i changed the upload-dir to chmod777. I’am a graphic designer and not really into rights.. Can er be harm done when i set this to 777? * I turned off safe mode on my host, is there a way to secure wp when this is turned off? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301331) * 777 for any directory must be avoided – if that is the only permission that your host will allow for uploads, start lookin for another host. * Thread Starter [simmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simmer/) * (@simmer) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301336) * looks like it :(.. I will sent hem another mail if they know another way to solve this.. * Thanks for all your help * [schestowitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schestowitz/) * (@schestowitz) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301345) * As an initiative to follow my suggestion: if you choose to stick with safe mode and cannot build directories, consider this 7KB ZIP archive: [http://www.schestowitz.com/temp/upload_dirs.zip](http://www.schestowitz.com/temp/upload_dirs.zip) * upload the directories within to /wp-content/ * When decompressing and uploading, directories might preserve permission 777, but I think some platforms/programs alter permissions (downwards) in the process. I should stress that you should *MERGE*, not overwrite when uploading, or else you might lose existing files * Note: I was previously mistaken to think that there was a directory level for days of the month * Thread Starter [simmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simmer/) * (@simmer) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301367) * [@schestowitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schestowitz/) * Is this for wordpress 1.5.2? * Thread Starter [simmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simmer/) * (@simmer) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-1-3/#post-301371) * Hiya i think i found the solution for the problem.. My changed the owner permission of the upload-directory in the isp-control panel from ‘you’to ‘webserver’ and i can upload files and create directories with it!! Maybe it’s gonna be an happy xmas for me after all! * Thanks for al your help and effort! 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