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+
+# change the owner for the web roots to the apache user, www-data.
+sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
+
+# make sure we have the appropriate access on a few key folders.
+sudo chmod u+rwx,g+rx /var/www
+
+# put a couple specific ownerships into play so the appropriate user has full access.
+sudo chown -R developer:developer /var/www/defaultcake.cakelampvm.com
+sudo chown -R fred:fred /var/www/webwork.repository
+## add others here for your own projects.
+
+# these directories will be given group permissons that enable web server access.
+DIR_LIST="/var/www/defaultcake.cakelampvm.com /var/www/webwork.repository"
+
+# add in group permissions to allow the web server to serve the pages properly.
+for currdir in $DIR_LIST; do
+ sudo find $currdir -type d -exec chmod -R u+rwx,g+rwx,o-rwx {} ';'
+ sudo find $currdir -type f -exec chmod -R u+rw,g+rw,o-rwx {} ';'
+done
+