[TYPO3] ownership of uploads/

[Cedric Sam]

Dear list,

I am having errors when the backend attempts to copy files to the 
uploads/ directory. I inspected the ownership of the folder, and it is 
belonging to the local user. However, even with rights set to 777, I am 
getting errors:

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:463:pi_flexform)

Anyone has seen this before? Also, the user running the webserver is 
"nobody". I don't have access to root to change ownerships, etc, 
obviously...

Thanks,

-Cedric