All files under Home folder are write protected by unknown username

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Using Ubuntu 16.04, I gave all the permission of my home folder to an unknown username and now I am unable to write to the files under my home folder including Documents, Downloads etc...

How do I give back permission to the current user account?

When i tried to give permission of Apache server to Wordpress to create directory in \var\www\html . — Krishna Kumar S, Mar 07 '18 at 14:31
What *exactly* did you do to change the ownership of the home directory? What does `/var/www/html` (mind the slash direction!) have to do with your user account's home directory. Please [edit] your post when you want to clarify something or add information. It’s best to have everything relevant in one place. Additionally, comments may be deleted for various reasons. Thanks. — David Foerster, Mar 07 '18 at 14:32
@devius: No. This question is about **ownership** while your linked question is about **access control flags**. — David Foerster, Mar 08 '18 at 12:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '18 at 14:34

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To change the ownership of a directory recursively run

sudo chown -R USER: PATH

and replace USER with the user name and PATH with the path of the directory tree in question (here: the home directory).

answered Mar 07 '18 at 14:34

David Foerster

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All files under Home folder are write protected by unknown username

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