Give Apache permission to access directories

[johnnya23]

Set up folders per this model:
https://prognotes.net/2016/08/configuri ... velopment/

Only issue (I think) is I can't give apache permission to access the directory:
/home/john/websites/

and all sub-dirs.

thx,
john

[catweazel]

I can't give apache permission to access the directory:
/home/john/websites/

and all sub-dirs.

Use this as a guide. Failing that, try this, or this.

As you can see, there are different approaches so you may have to do a bit more digging.

[kukamuumuka]

An easy way is to make a symbolic link.

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sudo ln -s /home/john/websites /var/www/html

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[johnnya23]

Thanks so much for your replies. Not sure what my problem is.. other than I'm not that bright.

I used this:
sudo ln -s /home/john/websites /var/www/html

and now have a wordpress site up and running in /home/john/websites/plugintest

but now when I try to update or install a plugin I get:
Installation failed: Could not create directory.

This is strictly a local development environment so I would like apache to have the access it needs -- and I need access to all files (including new folders added by Wordpress) within /home/john/websites to make edits using Atom.
thanks again for your help
john

[kukamuumuka]

but now when I try to update or install a plugin I get:
Installation failed: Could not create directory.

Add yourself to the www-data group.

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sudo adduser john www-data

Set ownership.

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sudo chown www-data:john -R /home/john/websites

[johnnya23]

FANTASTIC! perfect. Thanks,
John