getting full access to var/www/html folder

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// Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/162866/correct-permissions-for-var-www-and-wordpress

// First, you should ensure that your username is included in www-data group. If not, you can add your username as www-data group
sudo adduser $USER www-data

// After that, you should change the ownership of /var/www to your username
sudo chown $USER:www-data -R /var/www

// Next step, you should change permission to 755 (rwxr-xr-x), not recommend changing permission to 777 for security reason
sudo chmod u=rwX,g=srX,o=rX -R /var/www

//third step didn't worked for executed for me but still its working so i think you may leave it optionally