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As the title described, I have tried making the file which I need to edit permission to 764 and it didn't work.
I don't have permission to the php config and other main configuration, do I have any options other than using 766? Additionally, will 766 let other to edit my file over HTTP?

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  • You shouldn't need executable permission in order to write a file. – Oliver Charlesworth Jun 17 '17 at 12:25
  • @OliverCharlesworth is right. You shouldn't have to set the execute to 7 to edit a file. Is the file you want to edit in the same apache directory? Apache usually runs as either the user group _apache_ or _www_, and it won't let PHP do much outside /var/www – Xzhibit Jun 17 '17 at 12:33
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    Have you tried the above command addgroup www-data on the command prompt. Might need sudo access for this to work? – Umashankar Das Jun 17 '17 at 12:34

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Have you tried the above command addgroup www-data on the command prompt. Might need sudo access for this to work?

The command is

sudo addgroup www-data

Try and see if it works. I must add, it is not recommended to use 777 as the setting. Find a way to handle that.

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