[TYPO3] not really a permissions problem

[Cedric Sam]

Dear list,

I am running Typo3 3.8.1 with multilingual support. After creating a 
translation of my tx_ttnews plugin item, I was trying to associate a 
template file with the new item, and get this error:

"1: Copying file 
'/home/intranet/public_html/fileadmin/templates/latestnews.htm' failed!: 
The destination path (/home/intranet/public_html/uploads/tx_ttnews) may 
be write protected. Please make it write enabled!. 
(tt_content:303:pi_flexform)"

However, I checked and don't actually have a perms problem (I am in fact 
777 for both dir and file). My server is running as user "nobody" (if it 
changes anything). My local user owns both the fileadmin and uploads 
directories. I don't have a quota or disk usage problem.

This problem of "copying files" occurred while creating a translation 
for other plugins, but I neglected to note it down, and can't find the 
specific page. It is essentially the same error, so I don't deem it 
important here.

My BE user has "Fileoperation permissions" in "Tools > User Admin" set 
to true for all values.

Thanks!

-Cedric