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hi
i'm trying to use xampp 1.7.7 on ubuntu but get this error when i try to view pages on firefox. i can only create or move folders from root. can someone link to or explain themselves the procedure to give permission to other users please.
also i have no privliges in phpmyadmin on the browser though this is prob the same thing no?
thanks

Gerard:

For LAMPP to work correctly, the ownership of the files in /opt/lampp/htdocs (or any other DocumentRoot) needs to be nobody:root, NOT root:root. 'nobody' is a special user in this context, and is the owner of the worker httpd processes when running XAMPP/LAMPP.

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[jonb@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost jonb]# chown -R nobody:root /opt/lampp/htdocs


Good Luck