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How to give apache2 permission to write and read files?

rated 0 times [ 10] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 28519 / 2 Years ago, thu, september 29, 2022, 7:29:46

When I installed Wordpress in my Ubuntu 12.04 I found that Wordpress itself not write wp.config file.

He tell me to copy this into wp.config file. Look Like wordpress not able to write the files.

Now when I tried to install the plugin then it's not able to write the plugin so it's tell me to FTP detail.

this is my computer not server so I want to gave apache2 full permission to do any kind of operation.

Now somebody please help me on how I can set permission for apache. I have check but their is no group in my 12.04 installation that's called "apache".

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answered 2 Years ago mentpengu · Accepted Answer

Use following command:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www

This will make all your htdocs writable by Apache2.