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Jonathan
Asked: 2013-01-11 09:49:04 +0800 CST

How can I give myself permission to edit files in /var/www without having to use the root account or sudo? [duplicate]

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How to avoid using sudo when working in /var/www?

Permissions mystify me. I'm worried about compromising the security of my folder, too, since it's public.

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  1. Best Answer

    To give only your user permission to /var/www. You want to change the group owner to your primary group. If your username is joe this is how you would do it.

    sudo chgrp joe /var/www

    You then need to chmod the directory so its writable by the group joe.

    sudo chmod 775 /var/www

    after that you can write to /var/www

    If you want to be able to edit and delete existing files. You need to take ownership of them.

    sudo chown -R joe /var/www/*
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