chmod ug+x /your/webroot/path/upload
  chmod o-rw /your/webroot/path/upload    # this is optional, but advisable

##</code><code>##

  [root@localhost upload]# ls -al
  total 56
  drwxrwx---   3 wohldad nobody  4096 Aug 24 08:51 .
  drwxr-xr-x  26 root    root    4096 Aug 22 00:41 ..