When running Joomla 2.5 you may observe the following error :
JFolder::create: Could not create directory
Solution
This error is typically related to permissions. To resolve the issue run the following commands (replacing the path with the path of your Joomla installation).
cd /var/www/html/joomla-site
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
chmod 777 cache
Rick Donato is a Network Automation Architect/Evangelist and the founder of Packet Coders.
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