How to edit httpd.conf file in AMAZON EC2

Question

I am new on AMAZON EC2 Server, recently I have Installed PHP and MySQL and now I want to update file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

but the problem is, when I am going to update it, it display error like - Permission denied. What is the best way to update it?

The documentation will tell you how you can gain root access your your Amazon Linux AMI; probably you just need to do `sudo -s`. — Repox, Feb 27 '13 at 12:49
@SumitBijvani According to the documentation, the ec2-user has sudo rights. You should be able to use sudo - otherwise it's a support case; not a technical difficulty. — Repox, Feb 27 '13 at 12:52
@Repox but I have installed PHP using ec2-user, so I think i have all the rights of editing and deleting files! — Sumit Bijvani, Feb 27 '13 at 12:55
I have found solution and its working `$ sudo chown ec2-user /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf` thank you all — Sumit Bijvani, Feb 27 '13 at 13:09

score 71 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 23 '14 at 02:50

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You have to change the file as root user. Do this:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Make your changes and save with ctrl + O, Enter. Done.

edited Feb 23 '14 at 02:50

nickhar

answered Apr 21 '13 at 08:55

Syed Priom

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Don't forget to "sudo /sbin/service httpd restart" it for the changes to take effect. – MikeL Oct 10 '16 at 21:13

Sumit Bijvani · Answer 2 · 2015-02-23T13:45:54.193

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I have found solution and its working...

$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

edited Feb 23 '15 at 13:45

answered Feb 27 '13 at 13:09

Sumit Bijvani

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or you can just sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf – Felipe Garcia Feb 27 '13 at 13:32
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It's not a very good practice to take ownership of a system-wide configuration file whenever you need to modify it. I'm curious as to why you couldn't get `sudo` working before to edit the file. What command were you trying to use? – adamdunson Feb 27 '13 at 19:41
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This answer proves that sudo works - OP just doesn't know what he's doing. This answer is a terrible solution (as @adamdunson also points out). Changes like these are reasons why sudo and su is introduced. – Repox Feb 27 '13 at 20:11
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Agreed with adamdunson and Repox. ashpriom's answer is correct, this one is not a good practice. – KC Baltz Jun 10 '14 at 02:56

rptwsthi · Answer 3 · 2013-05-01T11:09:41.267

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It would be prompting you a alert, that you can duplicate it. So

Now all updates you did are saved in httpd.conf Cheers

edited May 01 '13 at 11:09

answered May 01 '13 at 11:02

rptwsthi

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