Thread: Help setting user permissions

I have a ubuntu lts server setup. I connect to it using ssh through terminal.

I created a new user on the server, added him to a group, and am trying to set group permissions so they can write to the /var/www directory.

The problem I have is if I connect to the server using root, I can write to the /var/www folder. If I use the new user I created I cannot.

I'm looking for a step by step walk-through on how I can configure this from the ssh terminal window.

Thank you in advance!

It is recommended that you use root only or different users for /var/www/ directory other than www-data (or apache user) for security. Are you looking for virtual hosting or a single website? For virtual hosting I recommend creating /home/www/$username pattern with their own permissions.