To change ownership of htdocs folder run following command. [Replace
username with your own username]
sudo chown -R username:username /opt/lampp/htdocs
We also need to update httpd.conf file. Run following command to open
apache configuration file:
sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
Find following lines:
User nobody
Group nogroup
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