Set User and Group Permissions Correctly in Linux (Ubuntu)

I often struggle to get the file permissions set up correctly in Linux, especially in a web server setup.

However I think I've finally stumbled upon the magic incantations to make it all work...

Set the group / owner of a directory recursively:

chown -R [group]:[group] /path/to/folder

Set permissions to the group for directory:

chmod -R g+rwx /path/to/folder

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