Can't create folder or document in

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how to enable to create New document or new folder in var/www/html ? "my Ubuntu is 16.04"

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited May 01 '16 at 19:55

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sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/html

edited May 01 '16 at 19:55

Rinzwind

answered May 01 '16 at 19:51

Magneto10

kalenpw · Answer 2 · 2016-09-15T21:48:56.497

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To do it from the terminal:

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/YOUR_DIRECTORY_NAME

You don't want to give yourself ownership of /var/www/html

edited Sep 15 '16 at 21:48

answered May 01 '16 at 21:43

kalenpw

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