Writing directory: permission denied even though dir seems to be chmodded correctly

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I am having some trouble creating files in directory on my Ubuntu machine:

I added myself to the www-data group in order for me to easily edit stuff in my /var/www dir on my development machine.

stat /var/www shows the following:

  File: ‘/var/www’
  Size: 4096        Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   map
Device: 808h/2056d  Inode: 142853      Links: 3
Access: (0775/drwxrwxr-x)  Uid: (   33/www-data)   Gid: (   33/www-data)
Access: 2010-12-30 16:03:18.563998000 +0100
Modify: 2010-12-30 16:02:52.663998000 +0100
Change: 2010-12-30 16:03:13.111998001 +0100

Still, it is impossible for me to create anything below /var/www (the only way for it to work is to chmod it to 777. What am I missing?

post group file? or at least the relevant lines? – Matt Dec 30 '10 at 15:27 — Matt, Dec 30 '10 at 15:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '10 at 15:23

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Have you tried logging out? Or opening a new terminal window so that it picks up your new group information?

answered Dec 30 '10 at 15:23

dmah

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it might also work without logging out using the command: $id username – Daniel t. Dec 30 '10 at 16:55
Logging out and logging in solved the problem. Argh! :) – Aron Rotteveel Dec 31 '10 at 14:27

Writing directory: permission denied even though dir seems to be chmodded correctly

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