I have installed wordpress on LAMP.
As I am new one to Ubuntu. So, I Used this online tutorial
How to install wordpress on ubuntu manually
But when I am trying to give ownership of the directory to the apache user it's not working
I am giving the following commands
sudo chown admin:www-data /var/www -R
sudo chmod g+w /var/www -R
"admin" is the name which I choose for my wordpress database user.
Can anyone please guide me through this?
Best Answer
Do not use the database user as the UNIX user. Use
www-data
.There is a difference between the database user and the Apache user. The Apache User is the only one who can actually read the files. The database user is only meant for giving/taking database read/write permissions.
In addition, keep the default permissions from the webapp install. Do not change those, except for the owning user/group. If you are instructed by the webapp, change permissions.
If you are more concerned about security, you could instead run the following commands:
This makes the actual files owned by your user, so that only you (and root) can modify them. The reason
www-data
is referenced is so that Apache can still READ the files, but not actually write to them.The
640
allows you (the file owner) to read and write, while allowing thewww-data
group to read files. It also blocks anyone else from possibly reading the file contents.(The above is only one possible (untested) method. More good ways are available here.)