CTools CSS cache directory error although directory is created by ctools [#1219570]

In a Drupal 7.4 install with ctools 7.x-1.0-beta1 I get this error in the status report:

The CTools CSS cache directory, ctools/css could not be created due to a misconfigured files directory. Please ensure that the files directory is correctly configured and that the webserver has permission to create directories.

The files folder is set to 0777 and ctools creates the folders ctools and ctools/css when I delete them. Why do I still get that message?

Comments

Comment #1

merlinofchaos commented 15 July 2011 at 16:20

That's a good question. If the directory is 0777 and the folder is created, then CTools shouldn't be giving that message. I can't think of a reason that would be happening, either. The code creates the directory, then checks to make sure it can write to the directory.

Is it somehow creating an unwritable directory?

Comment #2

thesurger commented 14 October 2011 at 18:30

Had this problem too, and after running these two commands, everything seems to be okay now.

This is a temp fix, after cron, problem comes back
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semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_cache_t '/var/lib/drupal7/files/default/ctools/css'

restorecon -v '/var/lib/drupal7/files/default/ctools/css'

NOTE: if you copy and paste my code, be aware that your directory path may be different than mine. Noticed that this directory is not the same as the /usr/share/drupal7/modules/ctools/css core files!!!!

So don't go and delete the folder in your modules cause the error relates to a different folder, specifically for caching. I did that first, and had to put the files back after realizing this.

Tool
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You can get your exact error message by going to the /var/log directory and typing this command
"tail --lines=20 messages"

Additional note: FIXES FOR GOOD
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I have had to manually set the owner and the permissions this way
chown apache:apache /var/lib/drupal7
chcon -R -h -t httpd_cache_t /var/lib/drupal7

Comment #3

yan commented 25 October 2011 at 19:16

Both ctools/ and ctools/css are 0755 when they get created by Drupal.

Comment #4

Daedalon commented 9 December 2011 at 14:03

#1128750: CTools CSS cache directory could not be created may be a duplicate.

Comment #5

whaigle commented 14 December 2011 at 01:03

I have been combing google in search of a solution to the same error that others have had before me. That is, "The CTools CSS cache directory could not be created due to a misconfigured files directory...." I have applied as many suggestions mentioned in the forum as possible with no success. What can be done to rectify the ctools css directory error?