# Error in changing project ref name

**URL:** <https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/error-in-changing-project-ref-name/16331>\
**Category:** Using my Dolibarr\
**Created:** [January 16, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/error-in-changing-project-ref-name/16331 "2018-01-16T08:52:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vera](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b3f665/32.png) [@Vera](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/Vera)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/error-in-changing-project-ref-name/16331/1 "2018-01-16T08:52:37Z")

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Hi all,

I am using 6.0.3 n a hosted server with MySQL and Apache.

I created a project as a template with tasks and other details in however when I clone the project and try to change the project ref, I get this error:  
Failed to rename directory ‘/usr/www/users/r\*\*\*/_ **/documents/projet/PJ1712-0001’ into '/usr/www/users/r** _/\*\*\*/documents/projet/GOLDBERG’.

Does anyone know what the problem might be?

I have found the folder in my hosting and could rename it but I don’t see any of my other projects there, does anyone know why? Or where the project folders are usually stored. I though that they would be in the DB with a pointer not a folder in the host tree.

![20180113_FilezillaProjectsPath.png](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/uploads/dolibarrorg/original/2X/3/34754db25395ac3bc1d7d2097fd5f327c9f95a08.png)

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**Author:** ![delcroip](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@delcroip](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/delcroip)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/error-in-changing-project-ref-name/16331/2 "2018-01-16T11:48:42Z")

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Hi,

Both could be related ( no other project’s directories and not possible to rename one)

When you log on your server you may not have the same rights as the APACHE user (www-data) therefore you are able to do modification but not your server

A way to check if APACHE has the rights is to save an attachment on a project.

1- check that there is no configuration that could prevent APACHE to write in the document directory  
2- check the right on the document directory , either add read and write rights to all or change the ownership to the APACHE user.

Note: Documents are managed based on the directory, nothing is saved in the database.