Useful information

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Required server permissions

UNIX systems require root privileges to install and configure software like a web server, PHP. If you need to install this software, make sure you have root access.

Do not install the application in the web server docroot as the root user because the web server might not be able to interact with those files.

You need root privileges to create the file system owner and add that owner to the web server’s group. You use the file system owner to run bin/magento commands from the command line and to set up cron jobs, which schedule tasks for you.