On 14/07/18 00:47, IB JOE wrote:
>   JP> >typo, try /var/www/html
>   JP>
>   JP>
>   JP> Or just /var/www/ ???
>   JP> That is where the .html files are in my system.
>   JP>
>
> the index file was found in the /var/www/html/ directory.  If you type
> www.joesbbs.com you'll see the html file that came with apache telling me to
> look in that directory.  I simply wanted to replace that with one I have used
> in the past.
>

ls -la /var/www will reveal  the permissions on that /var/www/html directory

To sort mine out I changed its ownership to my account

sudo chown -R /var/www myname

and so on.

Then cp -R will work


> Thanx
>
> IB JOE
> AKA Joe Schweier
> SysOp of Joe's Computer & BBS
> Telnet: joesbbs.com
>


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