OSError - Errno 13 Permission denied

Question

I am trying to upload image through admin page, but it keeps saying:

[Errno 13] Permission denied: \'/path/to/my/site/media/userfolder/2014/05/26\'
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Answer 1

This may also happen if you have a slash before the folder name:

path = '/folder1/folder2'

OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/folder1'

comes up with an error but this one works fine:

path = 'folder1/folder2'