Simple image gallery cannot write to cache folder even with permission set to 777

Question

I am using a joomla plugin that shows multiple images inside a gallery. But whenever I add the code for the plugin inside an article I get this error:

Simple Image Gallery Notice: Joomla!'s /cache folder is not writable. Please correct this folder's permissions, clear your site's cache and retry.

So I connected to my website with FTP and changed the permissions of the cache folder located at administrator/cache to 777 (Permission for everything), but I keep getting this message.

What could be the cause of this? And is there a work-around?

Some hosts don't like people using 777, try 775 or 755 instead. — Sphinx, Jan 19 '16 at 14:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '16 at 15:02

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Joomla has a cache folder directly in the joomla root. You have to set the permissions of this folder (e.g. /var/www/joomla/cache), but it looks like you set them of /var/www/joomla/administrator/cache.

answered Jan 19 '16 at 15:02

Michael Wagner

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Thanks, this was indeed the case, I already figured it out. I did not even have a cache folder in the joomla root so I added one. Now I don't get the error anymore but the plugin still doesn't work as needed. That's for another stackoverflow post though. – twan Jan 19 '16 at 15:03
Also check out [this article](https://docs.joomla.org/Verifying_permissions), joomla doesn't recommend to use 0777. – Michael Wagner Jan 19 '16 at 15:06
Joomla is reading my cache file with its permissions set to 755 so that's not a problem. – twan Jan 19 '16 at 15:26

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '16 at 05:43

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If you are using centos, you can change selinux to permissive mode. It works.

answered May 09 '16 at 05:43

sangeetha

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Simple image gallery cannot write to cache folder even with permission set to 777

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