Laravel file permission on apache

laravel-file-permission-apache.md

Laravel File Permission on Apache

1. Set the owner & group of file & folder to apache user (www-data)

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/your/root/directory
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/your/root/directory

2. Add user to the webserver user group

sudo usermod -a -G www-data ubuntu

3. Set file & directory permission to 775 & 644

sudo find /path/to/your/root/directory -type f  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
sudo find /path/to/your/root/directory -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;

4. Vive read and write permissions to the webserver for storage, cache and any other directories the webserver needs to upload or write too

sudo chgrp -R www-data storage bootstrap/cache
sudo chmod -R ug+rwx storage bootstrap/cache

Source : https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/laravel-framework-file-permission-security