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Asked: 2026-05-14T02:39:06+00:00

I am attempting to edit the default file located at .. /etc/apache2/sites-available/default on my

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I am attempting to edit the “default” file located at ..

"/etc/apache2/sites-available/default"

on my Ubuntu machine running Apache 2.2.8.

I want to do this in order to enable the use of .htaccess files. I have downloaded the “default” file and edited it and now I am trying to upload it back to the server via SFTP. I keep getting permission denied errors.

Could it be because Apache is running and making use of the file? I am an admin on the machine so I would expect to be able to overwrite the file. Thanks for any assistance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    No it does not need to be stopped.

    Try accessing the file through ssh, and make sure you access it with root privileges:

    sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

    You would still need to force-reload Apache after changing the config files, as tux21b suggested in a comment below:

    sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
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