Apache File permissions issue in Ubuntu -

I am trying to use Apache to access the file on my documents folder.

I tried the following:

  sudo chown -r www-data: www-data / home / $ user / public_html sudo adduser $ USER www-data pseudo chmod- R 775 / home / $ USER / public_html  

As suggested by this post:

Although it works, I can not edit it now or The only solution to work in the form of a user (without the use of sudo ), despite being a member of the www-data group, the only solution to work in Using chmod-R 777 (which is not me In fact).

All that I had to do is restart the OS and it was sorted!