Assign Permissions - Apache /var/www/

#!/bin/bash
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# 1. Adds user to Apache User Group
# 2. Assigns ownership of /var/www/ to the user www-data and group www-data
# 3. Recursively making the /var/www/ directory read, write and execute permissions to
# the owner(user www-data) and to $USER as being member of the www-data group.
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sudo adduser $USER www-data
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/