Yii2 - The directory is not writable by the Web process | frontend/web/assets

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I have searched this issue on internet but none of them helped me. Also this one doesn`t:

chgrp apache /path/to/mydir
chmod g+w /path/to/mydir

My server is centos 7. Can you help me?

apache servers usually run as user:group www-data:www-data – Joe Miller Dec 27 '15 at 21:32 — Joe Miller, Dec 27 '15 at 21:32

score 45 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 16 '17 at 17:12

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Try with following commands:

This will give you the name of apache user.
ps -ef | grep apache | grep -v grep

In most of the cases the user will be www-data.
Run these command after going into the /frontend/web folder:
sudo chgrp www-data ./assets
and
sudo chmod g+w ./assets/

Your problem will be solved.

edited Feb 16 '17 at 17:12

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answered Feb 03 '16 at 03:19

Sam

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@sam: I have installed nginx in amazon ec2, still i am getting "Exception (Invalid Configuration) 'yii\base\InvalidConfigException' with message 'The directory is not writable by the Web process'" – Maulik patel Oct 15 '17 at 10:01
@Maulikpatel have you tried executing above commands for nginx user:group ? – Sam Oct 18 '17 at 06:29
This doesn't work for me on centos7 is there any other solution? – vivek dhamecha Mar 20 '19 at 09:50
on macosx it says **chgrp: www-data: illegal group name** – Muhammad Omer Aslam Jun 18 '21 at 17:33
this doesn't wotk on Ubuntu even as su – Irvan Hilmi Mar 27 '23 at 03:24

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '17 at 07:56

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I have the problem too (in CentOS7). I tried to change the owner and group, but it didn't work. Finally, I closed the selinux, and it work.

setenforce 0

If you want to close it forever, you can change the /etc/selinux/config file:

SELINUX=disabled

answered Sep 02 '17 at 07:56

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worked for me. directory was 777 given. But error was same. After disable selinux start working – Saidolim Dec 31 '18 at 07:32
Awesome @lizs this answer should have been ACCEPTED one – Santi Feb 15 '20 at 15:08
first change config file but not worked, when set setenforce 0 worked for me,thanks @lizs – morteza khadem Aug 18 '20 at 07:35

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 10 '16 at 07:04

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i have same issue in ubuto instance i did like that and issue solve

sudo chmod 777 /home/nicjccom/public_html/asset

and also did this

sudo chgrp root /home/nicjccom/public_html/asset

answered Nov 10 '16 at 07:04

Adiii

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Thank you @Adil, but issue was on CENTOS 7. I've already solved it by Sam's answer. – Shaig Khaligli Nov 11 '16 at 07:33
@Adiii I have installed nginx in amazon ec2, still i am getting "Exception (Invalid Configuration) 'yii\base\InvalidConfigException' with message 'The directory is not writable by the Web process'" – Maulik patel Oct 15 '17 at 10:01
This worked for me with Docker and Ubuntu 21.04 – ThaJay Sep 02 '21 at 12:27

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 10 '19 at 12:35

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You can try this:

chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t 'YOUR_PATH_HERE'

edited Oct 10 '19 at 12:35

Dino

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answered Oct 10 '19 at 02:42

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 28 '15 at 08:59

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Try the following command

I am giving permissions to html folder in www.My html folder contains multiple projects.

chgrp -R user html/
chmod -R g+w html/
chmod -R g+w html/

answered Dec 28 '15 at 08:59

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which commands are you executing? Execute with commands with sudo as prefix – Amol Dec 28 '15 at 13:01
I think you have to give permissions to assets folders – Amol Dec 28 '15 at 13:04

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 28 '20 at 07:10

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If you're use php-fpm v7.4 and all your user/group are correct. you can use

systemctl edit php-fpm

[Service]
ReadWritePaths = /usr/share/webapps/yii2-basic/web/assets

and add above config,then

systemctl restart php-fpm

answered Sep 28 '20 at 07:10

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