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What user is Apache running as?
Apache user is typically the user that the apache httpd server uses when running. It uses this “apache” user to avoid having to use a “human” user, and to avoid having to run as root.
How do I give data permissions to a folder?
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- Establish a [new directory] at /var/www.
- Change the directory owner and group: sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/[new directory]
- allow the group to write to the directory with appropriate permissions: sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www.
- Add myself to the www-data group:
What do I need to know about Apache permissions?
Give your user ‘owner’ over the files and folders, and give yourself read/write on all of the files and folders, as well as the ability to traverse the directories. (Optional but recommended) Set it up such that any files or folders created from hereon in the entirety of the directory structure has the group set to be www-data.
How to give Apache access to folders and files?
(1) Allow Apache access to the folders and the files. This recursively sets the ‘group’ to be www-data for the folders and files. This then gives the web server permission to recurse and get access to the site document root directories structure ( +x for directories only).
Why is Apache throwing forbidden when directory is in?
As /home is not a subdirectory of /var/www then you need apache like permissions to the directory: This should do the trick. If not, then you could exchange the Directory directive inside your httpd.conf to your home directory from /var/www, so it applies it’s rules to it. The other solution could be to add www-data your user group.
What to do when Apache says 403 Forbidden?
If you have come across an Apache ‘ 403 Forbidden ’ message, there are several ways to fix it: If you suspect the cause of the 403 error to be incorrect file permissions, use: The chmod command sets the execute permission for the webroot directory and read permission for the index.html file.