How to grant new user permission to files/folders under /var/WEBSITE directory

To modify the permissions for a specific directory so that you can write to it, set read/write permissions with the command below

sudo chmod 766 -R /var/www/html

This will assign full permissions 7 for the owner, read/write 6 for the group, and read/write for everyone 6, recursively.

To grant a new user permission to access and manipulate files or folders under the /var/WEBSITE directory, you can modify the ownership and permissions of the directory using various methods depending on your requirements. Below are the most common approaches:

1. Change Ownership of the Directory

• You can change the ownership of the /var/WEBSITE directory and its contents to the new user.

Steps:

sudo chown -R username /var/WEBSITE

• -R is used to apply the change recursively to all files and directories inside /var/WEBSITE.
• Replace username with the actual username of the new user.

This method grants the new user full ownership of the directory and all its contents.

2. Add the User to a Group and Change Group Ownership

If you want to allow multiple users (e.g., web developers) to access the directory, you can create a group, assign the user to that group, and change the group ownership of the /var/WEBSITE directory.

Steps:

1. Create a group (if it doesn’t already exist):

sudo groupadd webgroup

2. Add the user to the group:

sudo usermod -aG webgroup username

• • Replace username with the actual user’s name.
  • The -aG option appends the user to the group without removing them from any existing groups.

3. Change the group ownership of the directory:

sudo chown -R :webgroup /var/WEBSITE

4. Set directory permissions: To ensure that group members can read and write to the directory, set the correct permissions:

sudo chmod -R 775 /var/WEBSITE

• • This grants read, write, and execute permissions to the owner and group, but only read and execute permissions to others.

5. Set the setgid bit on the directory (optional but recommended): The setgid bit ensures that new files and directories created within /var/WEBSITE inherit the group of the parent directory (webgroup in this case), rather than the user’s primary group.

sudo chmod g+s /var/WEBSITE