Synt4xError

Hello, I installed Ubuntu 8.10 in VMWare. I installed Apache,php,mysql. Everything seems to be fine. I am trying to put phpnuke files into /var/www , everytime I try this (Manually not through cmd line) it says permissions denied. I am very new with linux so I was hoping someone could have an answer to my problem! Thank you very much!

Well maybe I answered to soon. I hear you gotta chmod different files and folders for phpnuke. I am lost on how to do only folders and only files. Anyone know?

I want to answer my own question for future reference. I tried doing su command in order to do chmod 777 www and get it to work. It kept saying Auth Failed when trying to do su. So I did sudo psswd and made a new pass. Then did su and logged in as root in the termnial. Then did chmod 777 www and that made it so I can do what ever I want in there. I will be back later, I am a newbie and will always have linux questions