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27 questions linked to/from Why shouldn't /var/www have chmod 777
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How to avoid using sudo when working in /var/www?
I want to stop having to use sudo everytime I work in /var/www. How can I do that? I simply want to put all of my sites into this directory and work with them without too much pain.
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How can I chmod 777 all subfolders of /var/www?
I’m running a webserver and FTP server, wherein /var/www is bound to /home/user/www.
I set both directories to chmod 777 (which is fine since it’s for testing only).
I can upload files into /home/...
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How do file permissions work?
Can you explain briefly the main concepts and command line tools used to manage file permissions?
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How to make a directory permanently writable?
I am using LAMP stack for development and I have a problem with making /var/www permanently writable. I use this command:
sudo chmod -R a+rwX /var/www
This works, but after putting a web app and ...
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Should I symlink my /var/www directory to my home?
I have just installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 with a LAMP setup. I want to host a website there but I'm not sure which is the best way to get/edit my files on the server. Googling provides many options ...
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How to give read write permission to a folder and its sub folders and files?
I have changed ownership of my localhost file on /var/www/ and its sub folders and given it permission 777. However, whenever I add a new folder in it the new folder does not automatically get that ...
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What "chmod 777 -R / " does in /var/www/html/.../.../.../? [duplicate]
Unfortunately I was rushing and ran sudo chmod 777 -R / inside one project. Should I worry that it started to add 777 permission for all my folder starting from root (/) ?
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How to repair "sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0640, should be 0440?"
Why might sudo chmod -R a+w * cause
sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0640, should be 0440 sudo:
no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
and how might it be made to work?
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Are world-writable folders safe?
Is it safe to chmod a directory 777, or is it a security risk?
One of my scripts requires that in order to run in multi-user situations, and I'm wondering if it's okay.
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WordPress asks for FTP credentials, even though owner of the whole /var/www is www-data
I'm trying to get WordPress to run on my local Ubuntu 12.10 installation.
When I try to install themes/plugins, it asks me for FTP credentials.
I've been trying to get this to work for 2 days now. ...
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Setting directory file permissions in Ubuntu using chmod
whats the equivalent command of this (Fedora command) for Ubuntu:
chmod +a "www-data allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" app/cache app/logs
When I try the above with Ubuntu (10....
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How to fix sudo after “chmod -R 777 /var”?
I executed chmod 777 /var and now Ubuntu won't start, can anyone tell me what I did wrong? And if there is a way of going back?
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How to mkdir -p -m 777 to all missing pathname directories?
I'm putting a file in cron.hourly which needs to create a folder on the 1st time, and giving it access to an user so i don't need to use sudo if i want to remove all content in the folder. And in it ...
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Open serial port without root priviledges on Ubuntu (udev rules)
I was following this tutorial to setup access to Flir Boson camera serial port from userspace:
https://www.forecr.io/blogs/connectivity/how-to-integrate-flir-boson-thermal-camera-to-nvidia-jetson-...
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Skype fails to start after installation from downloaded deb package
i installed skype wiht the amd64.deb file that i downloaded from skype.com
but when i click it via dash it wont start.
after that i tried it from the gnome-terminal i get this
i have a dutch Ubuntu i ...