Give user permissions to htdocs in Ubuntu [closed]

Question

I installed xampp with root permission to opt/lampp folder in Ubuntu.but i cant access htdocs folder and unable to start apache server since the lampp folder has only root permission.How can i solve this and are there any proper way to install xampp in Ubuntu

Answer 1

To change ownership of htdocs folder run following command. [Replace username with your own username]

sudo chown -R username:username /opt/lampp/htdocs

We also need to update httpd.conf file. Run following command to open apache configuration file: sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

Find following lines:

 User nobody
 Group nogroup

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Answer 2

For easy accessing htdocs directory:

sudo chown -R youruser:youruser /opt/lampp/htdocs

Also you can make changes in httpd.conf file: sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

    173 User youruser
    174 Group youruser