Newb trying to transfer a simple html doc to Ubuntu Server

[Fizzasist]

Good point! I'll try that asap and let you know.....

[Fizzasist]

That looks like it might be part of the problem! If I try to pull up "test2" it comes up with NOT FOUND but "TEST2" comes up "Forbidden" so now it looks like a permissions issue......is there a way to set the permissions on the WWW directory for full control of it and all sub directories?

[nerdtron]

Change the permission and ownership of the /var/www/ folder and all its contents.

 chown -R username:groupname /var/www 
chmod -R 644 /var/www/*

[Lars Noodén]

Just a refinement on that: Directories need to be executable in order to look up file names and so on.

chown -R username:groupname /var/www 
find /var/www/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find /var/www/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

The directories and regular files need slightly different permissions.

[CharlesA]

I like using chmod with the rX arguments so I don't do a blanket execute on everything.
http://articles.slicehost.com/2010/7...-symbolic-mode

chmod -R u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX /path/to/folder

[Lars Noodén]

I like using chmod with the rX arguments so I don't do a blanket execute on everything.
http://articles.slicehost.com/2010/7...-symbolic-mode

chmod -R u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX /path/to/folder

That's even better and simpler. I wonder how many more times I'll have to see it before it soaks in. I may have to weaken the attachment to "find" first.

[nerdtron]

I like using chmod with the rX arguments so I don't do a blanket execute on everything.
http://articles.slicehost.com/2010/7...-symbolic-mode

chmod -R u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX /path/to/folder

All hail the master!

I learned something new. This will surely come in handy!