Write Privileges - localhost - Mac OSX

Question

I\'m new to the mac world and have just been setting up my webserver. I used the following guide: https://alan.ivey.dev/posts/2011/os-x-10.7-lion-development-native-mamp-wit

Answer 1

I'm running Apache on OSX and this fixed it for me:

sudo chown -R _www:_www 
sudo chmod -R 775 

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Update #1:

Syntax: sudo chown : . The Apache user on OSX is _www.

To keep ownership but give Apache r-w-x permissions:

sudo chown -R :_www 
sudo chmod -R 775 

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Update #2:

I like this method best. Set Apache to run as you.

1. In terminal type id to get uid=123(Myname).

2. Open /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and edit it to use your username.

   
      User Myname
      Group staff
   
   

3. Back to terminal: sudo apachectl restart