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Answer by Dennis Williamson for Why cannot I create a file in a folder I own...

You need to have execute permissions in the directory in order to do seeks there. Without being able to do a seek, you can't create a filesudo chmod u+x /var/backups/mogodb

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Why cannot I create a file in a folder I own with chmod 655, but 755 works?

I have a backup folder owned by a system user (mongodb) and chmoded 655. When I try to create files in it, it raises a permission issue:root@maquina:/var/backups/mongodb# su -s /bin/bash mongodb -c...

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