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I tried deleting files on my dekstop (highlight files, press delete) in /usr/share/nginx/www but I'm getting permission denied issues.

What I did was, add www-data and barsoom(current user) to a group:

sudo addgroup web

usermod -a -G web barsoom

usermod -a -G web www-data

chgrp -R web /usr/share/nginx/www

But why can't I still delete the files in /usr/share/nginx/www. I'm still getting Permission denied?

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answered 1 Year ago calcur · Accepted Answer

You need to logout and log back in after changing group membership in order to obtain the new set of privileges. (Alternatively you can run sg (like su, switch user, but instead switch group) You can see what privileges you current have by running id.

What are the permissions on those files? Even with the group set to web, the group may not have the necessary write permissions.