2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/dir.lua b/src/luarocks/dir.lua
index 5a8058dc..00a9317f 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/dir.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/dir.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ separator = "/"
 function base_name(pathname)
    assert(type(pathname) == "string")
 
-   local base = pathname:match(".*[/\\]([^/\\]*)")
+   local base = pathname:gsub("[/\\]*$", ""):match(".*[/\\]([^/\\]*)")
    return base or pathname
 end
 
diff --git a/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua b/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua
index ce0877db..2a176259 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ end
 -- plus an error message.
 function check_command_permissions(flags)
    local root_dir = path.root_dir(cfg.rocks_dir)
-   if not flags["local"] and not fs.is_writable(root_dir) then
+   if not flags["local"] and not (fs.is_writable(root_dir) or fs.is_writable(dir.dir_name(root_dir))) then
       return nil, "Your user does not have write permissions in " .. root_dir ..
                   " \n-- you may want to run as a privileged user or use your local tree with --local."
    end