Error: Catalog images directory is not writeable:and Backup directory is not writeable.

[Guest]

I have not changed anything on the entire site recently but today I tried to add a new product and the image was the classic white box w/ a x so that is when I noticed when I click on catalog at the top of the admin page it says "Error: Catalog images directory is not writeable: and so I started flipping through the pages on the admin page and when I click on the tools page it says Error: Backup directory is not writeable.

 

Does anyone know what could have caused this and how to fix it?

[alexrebs]

http://www.oscommerce.info/kb/osCommerce/I...nd_Upgrades/224

[Guest]

You should set the permissions back to 755 after you have finished uploading your image. Having your images folder permissions at 777 is the most common reason sites are hacked.

[ozEworks]

sometimes it is the web hosting company that causes it. the server resetting your insecure permissions. you will probably find it happens again.