How do you reset the file permissions for /var/www ?

Posted March 10, 2014

I stuffed up the file permissions for /var/www and now the web server and SFTP can’t see them. How do I reset the permissions with chown and chmod?

tom542602

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littleguga • July 14, 2015

I’ve found this page via google. NEVER SET 777 RIGHTS TO /var/www It’s unsafe and your site will be hacked. Follow this guide, for example, solution is in the end of page. Or look here

tom542602 • March 10, 2014

Thanks Alex. Root already had access to the files. Changing the permissions to 777 did the trick.

Alex Redwood • March 10, 2014

As root, or someone with root privileges. Go to var then enter ‘chown -R user:user www’. If you want root to be able to access www enter ‘chown -R root:root www’. This will make sure that root has access to the files. <br> <br>Enter ‘chmod -R 777 /var/www’ to change the permissions of the files. <br>