how to: write files to 'var/www'

[amrosama]

i know this is a really stupid question, sorry for asking it
i got LAMP installed and it shows "it works!" and everything, but how can i add folders to the 'var/www' folder. i see it needs the permission of root.
how can i do that??
thnx in advance

[Jordan]

Execute this command:

# sudo -s

This will make you root (if your user account is in the wheel group/sudoers file) and you will be able to do whatever you like. However, once you are root you may want to add your username to the http/apache group or whoever owns var/www.

[amrosama]

thnx alot, you are a life saver
i bet i look like an idiot newbie now

[Jordan]

Not at all. There are a lot of commands in the console and it would be impossible for anyone to immediately know them all.

[amrosama]

that makes me feel better
can i just copy phpAdmin from windows into the 'www' folder in linux, will that work?

[Jordan]

Yes although you will need to modify the configuration file to use your Linux MySQL username and password.

[amrosama]

yeah that would be easy.
if things worked well like this for a while , i may use linux for developing php all the time, it saves alot of time and effort unlike windows
-when i bench marked the same php script on windows and ubuntu, guess who won?

[Jordan]

Hmmmm.. Ubuntu?

[amrosama]

go figure!
i wrote a blog about it, heres the link

[Jordan]

Nice blog!