Index: branches/5.1.x/core/install/step_templates/check_paths.tpl
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diff -u -N -r12127 -r12657
--- branches/5.1.x/core/install/step_templates/check_paths.tpl	(.../check_paths.tpl)	(revision 12127)
+++ branches/5.1.x/core/install/step_templates/check_paths.tpl	(.../check_paths.tpl)	(revision 12657)
@@ -3,17 +3,24 @@
 ?>
 <tr class="table-color2">
 	<td class="text"><b>%s</b></td>
-  	<td align="left">%s</td>
+  	<td width="30" align="center">%s</td>
 </tr>
 <?php
 	$folder_tpl = ob_get_clean();
 
 	$writeable_base = $this->toolkit->getSystemConfig('Misc', 'WriteablePath');
 	foreach ($this->writeableFolders as $folder_path) {
-		$file_path = FULL_PATH . str_replace('$1', $writeable_base, $folder_path);
-		if (file_exists($file_path)) {
-			$folder_status = !is_writable($file_path) ? '<span class="error">FAILED</span>' : 'OK';
-			echo sprintf($folder_tpl, $file_path, $folder_status);
+		$file_path =  str_replace('$1', $writeable_base, $folder_path);
+		if (file_exists(FULL_PATH . $file_path)) {
+			if (!is_writable(FULL_PATH . $file_path)) {
+				$folder_status = '[<span class="error">FAILED</span>]';
+				$error_message = ' (<span class="error">777 required</span>)';
+			}
+			else {
+				$folder_status = '[<span style="color:green;">OK</span>]';
+				$error_message = '';
+			}
+			echo sprintf($folder_tpl, $file_path . $error_message, $folder_status);
 		}
 	}
 ?>
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