How to resolve /var/www copy/write permission denied?

unix permissions cp
shubster picture shubster · Sep 27, 2009 · Viewed 121.1k times · Source

I am a newbie in php, mysql. I have written a hello.php script, which I am trying to copy into /var/www directory (and will later want to open it through web browser). The problem with the same is that I am not allowed to save/write any files in /var/www despite me being the root. I tried implementing steps in this question, but I get the following error when I process the third line 

find /var/www/ -type f -exec chmod g+w '{}' ';'
chmod: changing permissions of `/var/www/index.html': Operation not permitted

I know symlink is also an option. I would want to be able to write/copy files directly to /var/www/ directory.

Any suggestions on what is going wrong?

Answer

Lopoc picture Lopoc · Sep 28, 2009

it'matter of *unix permissions, gain root acces, for example by typing

sudo su
[then type your password]

and try to do what you have to do

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