Basic commands to quickly set file/folder permissions and ownership

Assuming you have navigated to the directry you want these changes to take effect ie. /var/www/your_vh_domain

Note: Remember to set individual restricted permissions to sensitive files and folders after this bulk action has taken place. For example, with WordPress you will want to set wp-config.php file to 600

Change folder permissions recursively

find public_html -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

Change file permissions recursively

find public_html -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Change file ownership recursively - Set your own user and group as desired

chown -R leke:www-data public_html