How to set permissions on the /var/www folder?

Question

linux

Hello.
It is necessary to enable a normal user to edit folders and files in the /var/www directory. I
'm used to transferring any files directly to a folder on Windows, but it's still inconvenient with the terminal.
Advise how to give the rights. Second day on Ubuntu.
Linux Ubuntu 14.04.

Answer 1

First, create a group:
Then add yourself to this group:
Then give the created group permission to write to the directory:

sudo chown -R root:groupname /var/www
sudo chmod 775 /var/www

replace username and groupname with your own. You may need to re-login.

Answer 2

Giving execute permissions to files is potentially dangerous.
All directories should have permissions 775 and files 664, so:

find /var/www/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find /var/www/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

otherwise hello from shell

Answer 3

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod
You can read there what permissions you need
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www will allow everyone to read, edit and run
664 for the group