Can't add files to /Library/WebServer/Documents

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Can't add files to /Library/WebServer/Documents

I can't use my iMac as a local webserver because I can't add any files to /Library/WebServer/Documents. I was able to edit the index.html.en file after using the sudo and chmod commands in Terminal to grant myself read and write privileges to the file, but I still cannot save any other files to the same directory. Why not and what can I do about it? My operating system is Lion (10.7.5).

Posted on Sep 24, 2012 11:07 AM

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rccharles

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Dec 10, 2016 1:41 PM in response to BobHarris

I have an idea to avoid the hassles of getting the permissions changed. Move the /Library/WebServer/Documents to you home folder. Use the unix ln command to redirect input to your version of /Library/WebServer/Documents .

mac $ pwd
/Library/WebServer
mac $ ls
CGI-Executables/ Documents/       share/

mac $ sudo mv Documents/ /Users/mac/Documents
mac $ ls -l /Users/mac/Documents/Documents/
total 72
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   3.6K Sep  9  2014 PoweredByMacOSX.gif
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    31K Sep  9  2014 PoweredByMacOSXLarge.gif
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    45B Jun 11  2007 index.html.en
mac $ 


mac $ sudo ln  -s /Users/mac/Documents/Documents  Documents

mac $ pwd
/Library/WebServer
mac $ ls -l
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel   136B Sep  9  2014 CGI-Executables/
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    30B Dec 10 16:31 Documents@ -> /Users/mac/Documents/Documents
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel   102B Sep  9  2014 share/
mac $ 
mac $ ls  -H  /Library/WebServer/Documents
PoweredByMacOSX.gif       PoweredByMacOSXLarge.gif  index.html.en

mac $ ls    /Library/WebServer/Documents
PoweredByMacOSX.gif        PoweredByMacOSXLarge.gif    index.html.en

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