Error when trying to install mod (happened after i made a FTP account in cPanel

[wii123]

Error when trying to install mod (happened after i made a FTP account in cPanel

Error: You cannot download or install new packages because the Packages directory or one of the files in it are not writable!

Happens on every mod so its not the mod how do i fix??

[aishaweb]

>click<

[wii123]

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read what was posted there but i dont know how do i get to "packages" in the FTP client? i cant see anything about my site on files on my computer

[wii123]

IF i do latest back up (recent) will it fix this?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Filezilla shows you the file permissions (last column on right).  Should all be 0644 - read/write by owner.  You can change them by right clicking on the file name, but may not be a good idea 'til you know what went wrong.

[wii123]

Filezilla shows you the file permissions (last column on right).  Should all be 0644 - read/write by owner.  You can change them by right clicking on the file name, but may not be a good idea 'til you know what went wrong.

what i really dont understand is how do you find the files that are on your site? all i can see is files on my computer...
And yes i have connected...

[Sir Osis of Liver]

You should see two windows.  The one on the left says 'Local site' at the top - that's your computer.  The window on the right says 'Remote site' at the top - that's your server host account.

[wii123]

You should see two windows.  The one on the left says 'Local site' at the top - that's your computer.  The window on the right says 'Remote site' at the top - that's your server host account.

but all the one on the right has in it is a folder called "/" and doesnt do anything when i click it

[Sir Osis of Liver]

That's your root directory - if you click on the top folder icon, it will just reload - you can't go any higher than the root.  Should be a list of folders below that, which are the subdirectories where all of your files are.

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

If all you are seeing is a / then you are not using the right FTP account.
That is to say, the FTP account you are using does not have access to the files you are looking for.