How to give rights to /var/www/* for poedit?

Question

linux

Hello!

I constantly get confused with file and folder permissions :(. And if you give permissions to the folder for the user, it’s still clear ( sudo chmod -R 777 /dir.../). But what to do in this situation:

I installed poedit to localize the theme for WP, the project is located locally /var/www/. When I try to open I see the localization file through poedit

Permissions on /var/

Permissions on /var/www/

Installed the application sudo snap install poedit.

Tell me, what needs to be done in order for poedit to see the files in the directory /var/www/? I just really don't want to drag the file from the project folder to /home/$USER and back...

Answer 1

sudo poedit

Answer 2

777 o_o
No need for this, you are creating a serious gap. Permissions 700 for directories, 600 for files. First of all, it is worth finding out which user you are working as in poedit. Second, give this user rights to rw. Well, or as recommended above sudo poedit,.