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"error writing /usr/share/nginx/www/info.php: No such file or directory" when trying to save and exit

  • Posted January 16, 2015

Hi all,

New to this stuff and being really overwhelmed. I’m at step 7 in this tutorial and getting the error above.

I just created the file in the previous step so why is it giving me this error?

Thanks

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beornmorder • February 24, 2015

Is this the tutorial you are trying to follow: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-debian-7

Please provide a link to the tutorial you are following, and this line of information you get when you click on your droplet information in your Digital Ocean control panel… Active 512MB Ram 20GB SSD Disk New York 3 Ubuntu LAMP on 14.04

Ryan Quinn • January 16, 2015

Are you doing this on Ubuntu 12.04 or on 14.04. That tutorial includes this note:

UPDATE: Newer Ubuntu versions create a directory called 'html' instead of 'www' by default. If /usr/share/nginx/www does not exist, it's probably called html. Make sure you update your configuration appropriately.

This would likely explain the error you are encountering if the www directory does not exist. You will need to ensure you update that path you are using to html instead.

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Andrew SB • June 30, 2016

This question was answered by @ryanpq:

Are you doing this on Ubuntu 12.04 or on 14.04. That tutorial includes this note:

UPDATE: Newer Ubuntu versions create a directory called 'html' instead of 'www' by default. If /usr/share/nginx/www does not exist, it's probably called html. Make sure you update your configuration appropriately.

This would likely explain the error you are encountering if the www directory does not exist. You will need to ensure you update that path you are using to html instead.

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