Correct permissions for /var/www/html
// Adding current user to www-data sudo adduser $USER www-data //change ownership to user:www-data and sudo chown $USER:www-data -R /var/www/html sudo chmod u=rwX,g=srX,o=rX -R /var/www/html // change file permissions of existing files and folders to 755/644 sudo find /var/www/html -type d -exec chmod g=rwxs "{}" \; sudo find /var/www/html -type f -exec chmod g=rws "{}" \;