Default user group
 

Hello all,

I have a simple problem when creating files and directories. I'm working on a website hosted by a Ubuntu LAMP server. Whenever I create a file or directory, I want it to belong the www-data group and not my usergroup.

I've tried changing my default usergroup to www-data but that has not worked. So now, whenever I create a file (usually through Dreamweaver), I have to SSH in and change it to the www-data group for it to function with the rest of the site. Can anyone help?

-Ted

when you defaulted /var/www to www-data did you use the -R which means to do that recursively. if not that may be why it is not defaulting for you.

How did you try to change your initial group? You can use
You have to logout and login again for the change to take effect.

Thanks... apparently I was not logging out.