Title: Permalink Problem
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Permalink Problem

 *  [chackowsky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chackowsky/)
 * (@chackowsky)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-48/)
 * I have a WordPress 3.2.1 instance installed right in /var/www. (Recent Ubuntu
   server). I create a blank `.htaccess` and `chmod 666` it. I got to Setup/Permalinks,
   switch from the default to custom `/%postname%/`. The `.htaccess` file is populated
   by WordPress.
 * I create a new page. It appears on the navigation bar (using Twenty Eleven 1.2).
   I click on the page name, and get `"This error (HTTP 404 Not Found) means that
   Internet ... "`.
 * Does the `.htaccess` need to be different when installing in `/var/www` rather
   than, say, `/var/www/site-name`?
 * Nick.

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 *  [Joshua Parker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parkerj/)
 * (@parkerj)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-48/#post-2417283)
 * So, you have a main install of WordPress at /var/www?

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 * Last reply from: [Joshua Parker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parkerj/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-48/#post-2417283)
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