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<h1>Obtain Read/Write Access to the Web Server Document Root Directory</h1>
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<p>By default, the Web server document root directory (<em>/opt/lampp/htdocs</em>) is configured to only allow write access to the root user. However, in most cases, you will be using XAMPP as a non-root user and this can be inconvenient if you need to quickly modify or add files to your XAMPP installation.</p>
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<p>In these situations, you can give one or more user accounts privileges to write to the Web server document root directory. Follow these steps:</p>
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<p>Open a new Linux terminal and ensure you are logged in as root.</p>
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<p>Create a new group named <em>xamppusers</em>. This group will contain those user accounts allowed read/write access to the Web server document root directory.</p>
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<p>Add your account (in this example, <em>susan</em>) to the new group. Add other users if needed.</p>
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<p>Change the ownership and permissions of the <em>htdocs/</em> subdirectory so that it is writable by the the new <em>xamppusers</em> group.</p>
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If you’re using XAMPP in a single-user scenario and there will only be one user ever accessing the Web server document root directory, you can skip creating a new group and instead simply transfer full ownership of the <em>htdocs/</em> directory to that user. To do this, use a command like <em>chown susan.susan htdocs</em>.
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<p>You should now be able to log in again as the specified user account and read/write to the Web server document root.</p>
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