directory configuration problem

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 17:52 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote:
> Yes, it's been asked a million times, still I couldn't find it in the 
> docs or with google.
> 
> I've installed apache, and need to make /var/www writeable by myself. I 
> made a new group called 'server' and made myself a member of the group. 
> Then as root I changed the group of /var/www from 'root' to 'server'. I 
> thought I'd then be able to drop all my files in (which, of course I 
> already have permission to write to) and go for it. Nope.
> 
> So, how should I have done this?

Did you make /var/www group writable (chmod g+w /var/www)?  Did you log
out and log back in after adding yourself to the "server" group?

Lee