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Re: [Question #251991]: can't create folder in var/www/html/

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From: Thomas Krüger <question251991@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 05:56:22 -0000
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Question #251991 on apache2 in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+question/251991

    Status: Open => Answered

Thomas Krüger proposed the following answer:
Normal users don't have permissions to write to /var/www/ for security
reasons. Your options:

1. chreate the folder with superuser rights, then change the owner:
sudo mkdir /var/www/html
sudo chown you /var/www/html

2. create a folder in your home (~/html below), then symlink is there:
sudo ln -s /home/you/html /var/www/html

You have to replace "you" with your username.

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