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Tweak permissions section wording
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### Permissions
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The whole phpList phpList directory and files must be writable by the HTTP user under which your web server is running.
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The whole phpList directory and the files within it must be writable by the HTTP user under which your web server is running as.
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If there is no match between the owner of your phpList files and the user under which your web server is running, you won’t be able to update.
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The ownership can be changed using this command:
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The ownership can be changed in a Linux terminal using this command:
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<pre> chown -R user:group /path/to/phpList-directory </pre>
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<pre> find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; </pre>
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<pre> find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; </pre>
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Permissions can be different from host to host. To find the HTTP user check the Apache Server configuration files.
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Permissions vary from host to host. To find the HTTP user check the Apache Server configuration files.
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You can view a file's ownership, permissions, and other important information with the ls command, using the -la option:
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<pre> ls -la file.php </pre>
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The default user and group for some Linux distributions are:
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The default Apache user and group for some Linux distributions are:
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- Debian/Ubuntu: www-data
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- Arch Linux: http

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