Xampp - Ubuntu - cant access my project in lampp/htdocs

Question

I have installed xampp to Ubuntu 12.04. I have put my project in the folder /opt/lampp/htdocs/project_is_here

When I type in the browser localhost/soap/php

Answer 1

1. In the linux terminal navigate to your lampp directory.

   cd /opt/lampp
   

2. In the command line type:

   sudo chmod 777 -R htdocs
   

The problem should be solved.

1st Edit:

What you just did was:

You navigated to the directory containing the protected directory. Your problem was that it was a folder that was access protected by your system. When you commanded chmod 777 -R htdocs, what you did was set the permissions for everyone on your computer to read/write/execute - allowed.

Now, you know what each digit means. It says who the number is about. Now each number from 0-7 sets a permission level. I will simply provide you a link for that.

http://www.pageresource.com/cgirec/chmod.htm

I forgot to add why there is a '-R'. '-R' makes the command recursive and will affect htdocs as well as all subdirectories of htdocs and all subdirectories of those etc.