Apache Webserver - How to write to dir/files with permissions set at 755 instead of 777

Question

I just learned to install Apache 2 on my ubuntu linux localhost for the first time. I\'m making it work with PHP5.

I noticed that anytime I want to write to a file or d

Answer 1

You probably can't achieve this because the owner of the file is different than the user trying to perform an action on the file.

the permissions are:

owner-group-everyone

rwx-rwx-rwx

i.e.  111 = 7 which allows read/write and execute.  
101 = 5 which is just read and execute

you can't write to the file because your logged in user isn't part of the owner/group that has access to the file.

the final 7 (i.e. rwx-rwx-111(7)) means that globally, everyone has read/write access to that file.

how to fix this
In Linux, you can use the chown or chgrp command to achieve your desired results.