Enabling writing into the /var/www directory

37 down vote accepted To best share with multiple users who should be able to write in /var/www, it should be assigned a common group. For example the default group for web content on Ubuntu and Debian is www-data. Make sure all the users who need write access to /var/www are in this group. sudo usermod -a -G www-data Then set the correct permissions on /var/www. sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www sudo chmod -R g+w /var/www Additionally, you should make the directory and all directories below it "set GID", so that all new files and directories created under /var/www are owned by the www-data group. sudo find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 2775 {} \; Find all files in /var/www and add read and write permission for owner and group: sudo find /var/www -type f -exec chmod ug+rw {} \; You might have to log out and log back in to be able to make changes if you're editing permission for your own account.