OSError - Errno 13 Permission denied

Question

I am trying to upload image through admin page, but it keeps saying:

[Errno 13] Permission denied: \'/path/to/my/site/media/userfolder/2014/05/26\'
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Answer 1

You need to change the directory permission so that web server process can change the directory.

• To change ownership of the directory, use chown:

  chown -R user-id:group-id /path/to/the/directory
  

• To see which user own the web server process (change httpd accordingly):

  ps aux | grep httpd | grep -v grep
  

  OR

  ps -efl | grep httpd | grep -v grep