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under fedora 20 i would like to setup a webserver for testing purposes.
everything is ok and /var/www/html is the directory where all websites should be stored and developed.
1. however with one of my friend we would like to work together from 2 different computers, so as /var/www/html is owned by root:root, what is the best method to allow both of us (let's say "dev1", "dev2" fedora accounts) to create, modify, delete files and directories in this web root (/var/www/html) ?
2. should i create a group and add those 2 accounts into it ?
I personally bind-mount the project dir in my home to /var/www for testing purposes on my local computer. (In your case that would be any sensible shared directory you both have access to.)
In combination with that I am closing port 80 by iptables to be on the safe side...
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