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Asked: 2026-05-27T03:55:00+00:00

Problem I’ve recently started using Linux on one of my laptops. I installed XAMPP

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Problem

I’ve recently started using Linux on one of my laptops. I installed XAMPP (LAMPP) which I’m very familiar with on the Mac and Window OS in order to develop my WordPress themes etc.

I keep running into annoying permission issues, which I understand is a part of the Linux learning curve. I’m not proficient using terminal commands.

Before doing anything I could not import my any WordPress development files from my other computers without having access permission errors.

Using terminal I changed the permissions in the htdocs folder:

sudo chmod 777 -R /opt/lampp/htdocs

Which solved one problem, seemed like my WP files were recognized, but now I cannot connect to the database I created in phpMyAdmin, using the correct database name, root as the user and nothing for the password, which works fine when I create a WordPress installation from within this laptop.

I only get these issues when importing files into htdocs from a zip or otherwise.

Question

Is there a set of best practices for setting up XAMPP (LAMPP) on a Linux box so that there are no permission issues or other issues that get in the way of using a local installation for WordPress (and other programs).

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  1. Editorial Team

    For best practices refer to the wordpress codex. [1]
    It is not very wise to assign 777 permissions to your files.

    I would usually cd to the directory containing wordpress installation i.e. where wp-content, wp-admin and wp-includes exist. Then run the following commands

    To set permissions for directories 

    find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

    To set permissions for files

    find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

    [1]. http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#File_permissions

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