Thanks Jonathan, I actualyl came across that answer but am stupmed. I checked *man chown* in my terminal and I never understand those manuals. I will try to find my python process id.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Jonathan Baker < jonathandavidba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sithembewena, > > I wasn't exactly right in my response, but close. You need to make sure > that the same process running your python interpreter has write permissions > to your media directory. > > From StackOverflow: > "The process that is running your Python interpreter doesn't have > permission to write into the media directory. You'll need to either chgrp > or chrown the media directory to the same group as your Python process, > and ensure you have at least g+rwx on directories and g+rw on files." > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5543641/django-media-upload-errno-13-permission-denied > > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube < > zebr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jonathan, >> >> Thanks for the response. How do I do that? I ran *sudo chmod -R a+rwX >> Projects/* and I still get the same error. How do I go about making the >> folder writable? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Jonathan D. Baker < >> jonathandavidba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> You need to make sure your server has write permissions on the >>> home/projects directory. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Mar 17, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube <zebr...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a model with an ImageField and when I try to save a record in the >>> admin site, I get the following: >>> >>> Environment: >>> >>> >>> Request Method: POST >>> Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/myapp/course/add/ >>> >>> Django Version: 1.3.1 >>> Python Version: 2.7.2 >>> Installed Applications: >>> ['django.contrib.auth', >>> 'django.contrib.contenttypes', >>> 'django.contrib.sessions', >>> 'django.contrib.sites', >>> 'django.contrib.messages', >>> 'django.contrib.staticfiles', >>> 'django.contrib.admin', >>> 'munchlearnapp'] >>> Installed Middleware: >>> ('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', >>> 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', >>> 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', >>> 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', >>> 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware') >>> >>> >>> Traceback: >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in >>> get_response >>> 111. response = callback(request, >>> *callback_args, **callback_kwargs) >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/options.py" in >>> wrapper >>> 307. return self.admin_site.admin_view(view)(*args, >>> **kwargs) >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" >>> in _wrapped_view >>> 93. response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs) >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/views/decorators/cache.py" >>> in _wrapped_view_func >>> 79. response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs) >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py" in >>> inner >>> 197. return view(request, *args, **kwargs) >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" >>> in _wrapper >>> 28. return bound_func(*args, **kwargs) >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" >>> in _wrapped_view >>> 93. response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs) >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" >>> in bound_func >>> 24. return func(self, *args2, **kwargs2) >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/transaction.py" >>> in inner >>> 217. res = func(*args, **kwargs) >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/options.py" in >>> add_view >>> 882. self.save_model(request, new_object, form, >>> change=False) >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/options.py" in >>> save_model >>> 665. obj.save() >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/models/base.py" >>> in save >>> 460. self.save_base(using=using, force_insert=force_insert, >>> force_update=force_update) >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/models/base.py" >>> in save_base >>> 543. for f in meta.local_fields if not >>> isinstance(f, AutoField)] >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/models/fields/files.py" >>> in pre_save >>> 255. file.save(file.name, file, save=False) >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/models/fields/files.py" >>> in save >>> 92. self.name = self.storage.save(name, content) >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/files/storage.py" in >>> save >>> 49. name = self._save(name, content) >>> File >>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/files/storage.py" in >>> _save >>> 166. os.makedirs(directory) >>> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py" in makedirs >>> 150. makedirs(head, mode) >>> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py" in makedirs >>> 150. makedirs(head, mode) >>> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py" in makedirs >>> 150. makedirs(head, mode) >>> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py" in makedirs >>> 150. makedirs(head, mode) >>> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py" in makedirs >>> 157. mkdir(name, mode) >>> >>> Exception Type: OSError at /admin/myapp/course/add/ >>> Exception Value: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/projects' >>> >>> I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, using Django 1.3.1. Any thoughts? Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Sithembewena Lloyd Dube >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Sithembewena Lloyd Dube >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Jonathan D. 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