Symfony3 Setting up or Fixing File Permissions Using ACL on a System that Supports setfacl BASH SCRIPT

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1. Save the file as fixsysperms.sh
2. Set execution permission: $ chmod +x fixsymperms.sh
3. If you want to use it globally: $ sudo cp fixsymperms.sh /usr/local/bin/fixsymperms

fixsymperms.sh

#!/bin/bash
if [ -d "var" ]; then
	rm -rf var/cache/*
	rm -rf var/logs/*
	HTTPDUSER=`ps axo user,comm | grep -E '[a]pache|[h]ttpd|[_]www|[w]ww-data|[n]ginx' | grep -v root | head -1 | cut -d\  -f1`

	# if this doesn't work, try adding `-n` option
	sudo setfacl -R -m u:"$HTTPDUSER":rwX -m u:`whoami`:rwX var
	sudo setfacl -dR -m u:"$HTTPDUSER":rwX -m u:`whoami`:rwX var
fi