Generally I like to see the webserver configured as www-data:www-data. You can use a different user, but the user should nonetheless be a member of the www-data group. You'll also want to look to your php.ini file, specifically: file_uploads upload_max_filesize & post_max_size These last 2 should either be equal to each other or the post_max_size should be larger than upload_max_filesize. You'll also wish to check your directory permissions. 0644 is generally sufficient. Examination of the error logs can be very helpful in this regard, as it's generally a good way to precisely pinpoint the error. For identification purposes only & in case anyone cares, my name is Jackie McBride, & I may be contacted at: abletec at GMail dot com Please do not copy/paste the email address, as it has been munged to prevent spam harvesting. HTH. On 6/25/20, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So my web server is running apache2 php and mariadb but I can't upload > anything to the directory. www-data is the owner and it is a system > account. /var/www/html is my root directory. Is there something I'm > doing wrong? > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- Subscribe to a WordPress for Newbies Mailing List by sending a message to: wp4newbs-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by visiting the list page at http://www.freelists.org/list/wp4newbs & check out my sites at www.brightstarsweb.com & www.mysitesbeenhacked.com _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list