i have a folder i have created in /var/www/ called uploads in my serve(fedora) .....this folder i want to put my uploaded content from my web service ....... i have done the following: su chown githinji/var/www/uploads but i keep getting the following error when trying to upload content to the server Warning: move_uploaded_file(/var/www/uploads/song_1253182839.PNG) [ function.move-uploaded-file<http://212.213.221.135/tes/jamms6/function.move-uploaded-file>]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/html/tes/jamms6/library/Music.php on line 46 Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file<http://212.213.221.135/tes/jamms6/function.move-uploaded-file>]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpNwzvTj' to '/var/www/uploads/song_1253182839.PNG' in /var/www/html/tes/jamms6/library/Music.php on line 46 Unable to upload song gosh any ideas , thanks -- http://xkcd.com/154/