Body: <p>I keep getting the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mydomain.com/craft/storage/runtime isn't writable by PHP. Please fix that.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am running Redhat, and have set the folder permissions to 777, any ideas?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2015-05-14T16:02:59.660Z
Comments.Text: What user:group owns that folder and what user:group is Apache running as?  Do you have any openbase_dir restrictions in place?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brad Bell
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2017-05-23T22:45:39.863Z
Comments.Text: You should never run anything at 777, especially app files.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Mark Busnelli Jr
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2018-12-27T06:35:52.847Z
Comments.Text: This is not going to be an issue of permissions — it’s an issue of ownership. You need to look at which user:group owns that directory, and I’m guessing it’s owned by root? Also, as mentioned it’s a bad idea to set the permissions to 777.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Vaughn D. Taylor
Tags: <error-message><permissions>
Title: runtime isn't writable by PHP. Please fix that
ThreadText: # runtime isn't writable by PHP. Please fix that
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-14)
  
  I keep getting the error:
  
  ```
  mydomain.com/craft/storage/runtime isn't writable by PHP. Please fix that.
  
  ```
  
  I am running Redhat, and have set the folder permissions to 777, any ideas?
  
  Thanks in advance.
  
  **Tags:** error-message, permissions
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What user:group owns that folder and what user:group is Apache running as?  Do you have any openbase_dir restrictions in place?  
  > **username_2**: You should never run anything at 777, especially app files.  
  > **username_3**: This is not going to be an issue of permissions — it’s an issue of ownership. You need to look at which user:group owns that directory, and I’m guessing it’s owned by root? Also, as mentioned it’s a bad idea to set the permissions to 777.  
  
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