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I'm operating my own development web server and have run into a bit of a squeeze.

I have my server with disallowed root login and my own account, let's call it bob.

I have apache2 virtual host set to make the website at /var/www/site/public_html/

How can I chown site/public_html to bob so that anything bob makes there belongs to him, and so that he can delete files there as well?

Thanks in advance

(running Ubuntu Server 13.04)

I've tried: chown -R bob:bob * - This worked (allowed me to delete files that I was previously unable to, however I want to be sure that this will stick.

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Any files made by Bob (on a filesystem that allows ownership of files, most do), will be owned by bob, and because he owns them he will be able to delete them.

Of-course, if root makes files which bob can not write, then bob can't delete them.

Long story short, the changes will stick - provided bob makes the files.

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  • Okay, thank you for that information. Learn something new every day, as they say!
    – simpleauthority
    Commented Oct 19, 2013 at 5:24

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