Debian 5

[waloshin]

How to do Chmod 777 /var/www in Debian.

So i can install an SMF forum their.

[unknownPoster]

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chmod 777 /var/www/

[waloshin]

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chmod 777 /var/www/


I have tried

Su chmod 777 -R /var/www

Sudo chmod 777 --R /var/www

no luck

[.Maleficus.]

Please don't change the permissions on /var/www. It is owned by root for a reason.

[kerry_s]

I have tried

Su chmod 777 -R /var/www

Sudo chmod 777 --R /var/www

most commands do not have upper case letters.

Su is just -> su <-by itself no command after it, once your root you can run all the commands you want. i would suggest you enable sudo.

[kellemes]

How to do Chmod 777 /var/www in Debian.

So i can install an SMF forum their.

As said..
Don't change permissions but see to it you get the permissions needed..
"sudo" is the way to go.. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

sudo cp <SMFPACKAGECONTENT> /var/www/smf (or whereever you want it to go..)
You can also open your graphical filemanager (if available) like so..

gksudo nautilus

Most commands tend to be lowecase..

[master_kernel]

As said..
Don't change permissions but see to it you get the permissions needed..
"sudo" is the way to go.. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

sudo cp <SMFPACKAGECONTENT> /var/www/smf (or whereever you want it to go..)
You can also open your graphical filemanager (if available) like so..

gksudo nautilus

Most commands tend to be lowecase..
WAIT!

sudo is not installed by default in Debian, neither is gksudo (and maybe gksu also). Debain users should use 'su', so he's right. Run 'su -c "cp smf/forumfiles /var/www/smf"'.

[kerry_s]

WAIT!

sudo is not installed by default in Debian, neither is gksudo (and maybe gksu also). Debain users should use 'su', so he's right. Run 'su -c "cp smf/forumfiles /var/www/smf"'.

gksu is installed if you have gdm gksu & gksudo is the same program, sudo you do have to turn on.
i used the expert install mode & choose not to allow root, so it setup a sudo install for me. i'm using debian testing.

[cariboo]

During a Debian installation, you are prompted to create a root password. To install anything in debian, you have to be root, at the prompt type:


su

and enter the password you created during installation. Now that you are root, you can do anything you want, but of course be careful as you can quite easily hose the system.

[nitehawk777]

Yeah,....
To do anything as "root"...
I just go to terminal....and type:
su root (hit enter)
it will then ask for root's password,....I type in my password for root,..and I can do whatever it is I wanna do as "root"....

Then when I'm in Ubuntu,..I forget sometimes that I have to "sudo" (LOL)

[kellemes]

I'm a big fan of sudo and would install and use it on Debian (http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/sudo.htm) too..

The Ubuntu RootSudo-documentation mostly aplies to Debian also.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Good luck.