Ubuntu user credentials, file permissions

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Published on 2011-01-29T10:49:40Z Indexed on 2011/01/29 15:32 UTC
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I am using Ubuntu 10.10 for web development by using the symfony framework.

Normally I install Ubuntu Lamp (Turnkey edition), log in as root and configure all the necessary software in the server needed to work with symfony. (Samba, symfony etc)

The problem is when I am root the file permissions are not set right for the Samba and symfony systems. All things I do/create in the terminal (CLI) of Ubuntu create file permissions for the user root. Off course I know how to change them afterwards but that takes up time I could spend programming.

When ready I am using the box via my network, creating several site directorys directly from my pc on the server. There are multiple sites on this developer server as directorys under /var/www/ there are no virtual hosts.

My question is how to create or set a user after installation of Ubuntu with the right credentials and rights?

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