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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Installation failed: Could not create directory.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/)
 *  Thread Starter [micrology](https://wordpress.org/support/users/micrology/)
 * (@micrology)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/#post-9329710)
 * No, it is a vanilla Mac OS X El Capitan OS, with no virus scanning or other ‘
   specials’ such as that.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Installation failed: Could not create directory.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/)
 *  Thread Starter [micrology](https://wordpress.org/support/users/micrology/)
 * (@micrology)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/#post-9329510)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. In fact I had previously done that, but to be sure
   I repeated it. The error persists, and as the following shows, it didn’t make
   any difference to the permissions.
 *     ```
       drwxr-xr-x  35 root    wheel  1258 18 Jul 01:00 /
       drwxrwxrwt@  5 root    admin   170 18 Jul 14:40 /Volumes
       drwxrwxr-x  14 scs1ng  admin   544 18 Jul 02:00 /Volumes/Documents
       drwxrwxr-x  18 scs1ng  staff   612 16 Jul 12:32 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites
       drwxr-xr-x  27 _www    _www    918 16 Jul 22:22 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites/p2pvalue
       drwxr-xr-x@  6 _www    _www    204 18 Jul 15:21 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites/p2pvalue/wp-content
       drwxr-xr-x   3 _www    _www    102 18 Jul 15:21 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites/p2pvalue/wp-content/upgrade
       ```
   
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
      Reason: put code in backticks
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Installation failed: Could not create directory.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/)
 *  Thread Starter [micrology](https://wordpress.org/support/users/micrology/)
 * (@micrology)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/#post-9328885)
 * Here’s a display of the permissions from root down to the directory which the
   plugin installer has created. (To recap, the error banner on the WP Tools page
   says Installation failed: Could not create directory. I get exactly the same 
   message if I try to install via the Plugins page). _www is the user that the 
   web server (Apache2.2.4) and PHP is running under.
 *     ```
       drwxr-xr-x  35 root    wheel  1258 18 Jul 01:00 /
       drwxrwxrwt@  5 root    admin   170 18 Jul 11:46 /Volumes
       drwxrwxr-x  14 scs1ng  admin   544 18 Jul 02:00 /Volumes/Documents
       drwxrwxr-x  18 scs1ng  staff   612 16 Jul 12:32 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites
       drwxr-xr-x  27 _www    _www    918 16 Jul 22:22 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites/p2pvalue
       drwxr-xr-x@  6 _www    _www    204 18 Jul 11:57 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites/p2pvalue/wp-content
       drwxr-xr-x   3 _www    _www    102 18 Jul 11:57 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites/p2pvalue/wp-content/upgrade
       drwxr-xr-x   3 _www    _www    102 18 Jul 11:57 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites/p2pvalue/wp-content/upgrade/wordpress-importer.0.6.3-mLU2r6
       drwxr-xr-x   6 _www    _www    204 18 Jul 11:57 /Volumes/Documents/VirtualSites/p2pvalue/wp-content/upgrade/wordpress-importer.0.6.3-mLU2r6/wordpress-importer
       ```
   
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
      Reason: put code in backticks
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Installation failed: Could not create directory.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/)
 *  Thread Starter [micrology](https://wordpress.org/support/users/micrology/)
 * (@micrology)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/#post-9327403)
 * The site is hosted on our own server (which happens to be running Mac OS X Sierra,
   although I doubt that this is relevant).

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