How to add permissions to webroot

[angeldrago]

Hello everyone, i would like to know how do i add permission outside the web-root where the public_html resides
example below.
cgi-bin
document_errors
MYFOLDER <<< needs all access 0777
public_html
etc...

[Elizine]

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sudo chown -R :www-data /var/www    # make sure the folder is owned by group www-data
sudo chmod g+w /var/www                  # grant write permission to group www-data on /var/www
sudo adduser NEWUSER www-data        # add NEWUSER to group www-data with write permissions in /var/www

Make sure any new folders you create inside /var/www are also assigned the appropriate permissions.