WordPress: instllation failed could not create directory

I had the same problems running mod_php with WordPress and I finally figured it out.

# chown www-data:www-data  /home/CIM140/public_html/wordpress/ -R

As long as YOU control the box this won’t cause any security issues.

 

https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/2200/cant-install-new-plugins-because-of-the-error-could-not-create-directory