Fix folder permissions - Ubuntu 20.04

Question

Friends,

I accidentally set the permissions to /var/www folder as chmod -R 775 /var/www instead of chmod -R 755 /var/www for a new user (not ROOT - but a new super user) I created on my VPS server.

Is there a way to reset the permissions to its original settings?

I am having multiple domains hosted on my VPS and I need to give permissions to website folders individually.

Kindly suggest. Thank you.

Answer 1

If the goal is to reset the Apache directories to what they typically are after installation, you can do this:

1. Ensure the /var/www directories and files have the correct read/write permissions:
   sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www
2. Ensure the /var/www directories and files belong to the correct owner and group:
   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www

That is all.