Add a user to the Apache WWW-Data group on Linux and Ubuntu

This is a quick tutorial on how you can add a user to the Apache WWW-Data group on Linux and Ubuntu. This will allow you to connect via SFTP or FTP and make changes to the /var/www/ or public_html folder without permission denied errors. This guide covers both usermod and chmod settings.

Reference
sudo chmod 775 –R /var/www/
sudo usermod –a –G www-data your username
identify your username
group your username

Relevant links
chmod: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions
user mod: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/en/man8/usermod.8.html

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