# "Config" Directory not Writeable

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/config-directory-not-writeable/5637>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Created:** [November 30, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/config-directory-not-writeable/5637 "2016-11-30T03:00:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nikoroe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/nikoroe/32/1755_2.png) [@nikoroe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/nikoroe)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/config-directory-not-writeable/5637/1 "2016-11-30T03:00:50Z")

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I installed v10.0.1 and I get this message:

“Cannot write into “config” directory  
This can usually be fixed by giving the webserver write access to the config directory.  
Cannot write into “apps” directory  
This can usually be fixed by giving the webserver write access to the apps directory or disabling the appstore in the config file.”

All my folders are on nobody nogroup but 2 folders:

- config: www-data www-data
- data: www-data www-data

What is the right configuration ?  
How to solve this ?

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**Author:** ![tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/tflidd/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tflidd)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 10:32am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/config-directory-not-writeable/5637/2 "2016-11-30T10:32:10Z")

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It depends who your webserver user is, and that depends on the distribution. www-data would be the one for debian and all it’s derivatives (such as ubuntu).

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**Author:** ![nikoroe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/nikoroe/32/1755_2.png) [@nikoroe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/nikoroe)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/config-directory-not-writeable/5637/3 "2016-11-30T13:00:19Z")

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Ah, profesionnal habit (if no specs, it means the latest or normal or nothing weird):

- 10.0.01
- Ubuntu 14.4
- Apache
- PHP 5.5.9
- MySQL 5.5.49

Problem solved but weird message related to WebDav. In an other thread.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/config-directory-not-writeable/5637/4 "2024-11-06T20:47:31Z")

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wwe: close old topics

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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/config-directory-not-writeable/5637/5 "2024-12-09T10:54:55Z")

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