makedirs gives OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/pdf_files'

Question

I'm trying to create a folder inside a folder, first I check if that directory exists and create it if necessary:

name = "User1"
if not os.path.exists("/pdf_files/%s" % name):
    os.makedirs('/pdf_files/%s' % name )

Problem is that i'm getting an error : OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/pdf_files'

This folder named: pdf_file that I created have all permissions: drwxrwxrwx or '777'

I searched about this and I saw some solutions but none of them solved my problem. Can somebody help me ?

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 01 '15 at 11:08

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You are trying to create your folder inside root directory (/).

Change /pdf_files/%s to pdf_files/%s or /home/username/pdf_files/%s

answered Sep 01 '15 at 11:08

Aleksandr Kovalev

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Thanks a lot! I didn't noticed it earlier :) – Babel Sep 01 '15 at 11:12

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 25 '18 at 10:17

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if you are trying to create your folder inside root directory (/), another simple way could be to add '.' before that. so say your /directory becomes ./directory

answered Nov 25 '18 at 10:17

Ruchit Dalwadi

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makedirs gives OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/pdf_files'

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