Can't create or write into the data directory with Ubuntu16.04

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Nextcloud version (eg, 12.0.2): 13.04
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 16.04): Ubuntu 16.04
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): Apache 2.4.33
PHP version (eg, 7.1): 7.2

The issue you are facing:

Can’t create or write into the data directory

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): No

Steps to replicate it:

  1. Open a web browser
  2. Input the directory for data storage and MySQL information
  3. Click “Create” button and ends with the error.

The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:

Not successfully installed yet, so  no information about this part.

The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud (make sure you remove any identifiable information!):

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
  'instanceid' => 'ocag7dohrdna',
);

The output of your Apache system log in /var/log/____:

[Wed Jul 18 09:41:16.559642 2018] [core:crit] [pid 22479:tid 140667476989696] (1
3)Permission denied: [client 5.22.83.61:55468] AH00529: /data/www/nextcloud/.hta
ccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable and th
at '/data/www/nextcloud/' is executable

*** So here is what I tried ***

  • ls -l /data/www/nextcloud

-rwxr-xr-x 1 apache apache 362 Jun 11 08:25 version.php
Ever tried chown -R www-data:www-data /data/www/nextcloud and get worse
ls -l /data/www/nextcloud/data
drwxrwxrwx 2 www-data www-data 4096 Jul 18 09:52 data

  • open_basedir, already comment it out in php.ini

  • SELinux, it’s shut off