I'm affraid about something in ubuntu 11.10. I'm trying to give the write permission to the current user in a specific folder. So, at first, I'm cnanging the owner to give the propriety to my apache user on the default folder (/var/www).
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www
Then, I add my current use into the group apache.
sudo usermod -a -G apache ollie314
I check that the ollie314 has the correct rights :
groups ollie314
> ollie314 apache
OK ! Now I check who am I.
whoami
> ollie314
Sounds good ...
cd /var/www
mkdir test
> mkdir: cannot create directory `test': Permission denied
hum ... I made something wrong, but I don't know where. I suspect a pass through parent forlder issue but it works fine on my debian squeeze. Somebody can help me ? Thanks in advance !
Group changes like that don't take effect until the next time you log in. Log out then log back in.