chown: invalid option -- 'd'
I'm following this guide to setting up Lamp.
https://www.linode.com/docs/web-servers/lamp/how-to-install-a-lamp-stack-on-debian-10/
I'm on section 4 - Assign ownership of public_html directory to the user $www-data:
I'm copying and pasting the command and changing it so it has my site folder in it - like this:
sudo chown -R $www-data:$www-data /var/www/html/mysite.com/public_html
Everytime I get this error:
chown: invalid option -- 'd'
Try 'chown --help' for more information.
Can anybody tell me what's going on please. I can't even see an option "d" in the command.
5 Replies
jyoo
Linode Staff
@nnn07 - No, that shouldn't have broken anything! The $ symbol typically indicates a variable, so the command may have been taking the -d in www-data and parsing it incorrectly. I've reached out to our Docs team for more information regarding why the command was phrased that way in our guide as well.
I have the same issue. I'm following the instructions here:
https://www.linode.com/docs/web-servers/lamp/how-to-install-a-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-18-04/
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, I'm setting up new WP server.
Based on my experience, the dollar signs shouldn't be there.
