Permissions for LAMP on localhost

[johnnya23]

I have installed LAMP and have a Wordpress site up and running on localhost/sitename. All I am planning to do is develop sites locally. I have file/folder permission issues. When I try to save a file within the install (using ATOM editor) I get a permission denied message. When I try to update plugins through the WordPress dashboard I get prompted for ftp info. I would also like to increase the upload file max beyond 2M (php.ini edit).
thanks,
John

[kukamuumuka]

viewtopic.php?f=47&t=265925

For privileges:

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sudo usermod -a -G www-data your_username_here
sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R g+w /var/www/html

[johnnya23]

Thanks for the reply.
root is the only user it will take and that has no effect.
John

[kukamuumuka]

Thanks for the reply.
root is the only user it will take and that has no effect.
John

OMG. ... You should make a normal user and use computer the safe way.

[johnnya23]

I was trying to use mysql users. Used my login user and applied the 3 lines of code.. still no change.