Re: WordPress on Ubuntu 18.04 file ownership and permissions…

Problem solved:

sudo chown -R www-data:myusername /var/www/vhost

then

sudo find /path/to/your/wordpress/install/ -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
sudo find /path/to/your/wordpress/install/ -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;

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On 2020-07-03 11:41, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:

> I have a development server setup in my office and am trying to edit remote (from another computer.)
>
> Server is running stock Ubuntu 18.04 with a LAMP configuration.
>
> I have an install of WordPress at /var/www/vhost/test/public_html
>
> The user is bill.
>
> Editor is Visual Studio Code. Connecting remote as user bill.
>
> If I set ownership to www-data:bill (chown -R www-data:bill /var/www/vhost/) WordPress can write to a file and Visual Studio Code can NOT.
>
> If I set ownership to bill:www-data (chown -R bill:www-data: /var/www/vhost/) WordPress can NOT write to a file and Visual Studio Code can.
>
> Any help much appreciated!!
>
> Keith
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