Rights on /var/www folder so Joomla may function right

[cellv14]

Hey!
I got the classic /var/www problem.
Joomla cant write or anything in it it seems. Cant install new modules or plugins. So what can i do about this?

Been searching around the forums but no answers came up..

Running ubuntu 8.0.4 server with lamp setup.

[adamos]

If you are installing Joomla 1.5 you will run into problems..
Install proftpd and create a user.
then add this user in your joomla installation.

look at www.adamos.us and read How to setup FTP layer for Joomla 1.5

[iLoVe.cF-]

sudo chmod 777 or something on the /var/www/ folder worked for me, i suspect its not the correct way... i'm working on it, you can install by doing the chmod.

Tip

Chmod -R 777 or 775 or whatEVER it was, howto chmod on google does it for ya.

just sudo chmod -R xxx /var/www/

[cariboo]

Have a look at his chart of directory permissions:

http://www.netadmintools.com/art560.html

Jim

[yaddoshi]

I've been fighting with Joomla 1.6 and I appreciate your links. However, instead of chgrp apache, I had to chgrp www-data to get it all working. I also had to chmod g+w the entire directory and disable the FTP layer in the site configuration. It's all groovy now.

Thanks again!