Setting up a web server on OS X other than the built in one and serving sites from the Document directory always causes permissions headaches this stackoverflow response helped nut it out ( http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2001881/correct-owner-group-permissions-for-apache-2-site-files-folders-under-mac-os-x ) In Summary This is the most restrictive and safest way I’ve found, as explained here for hypothetical~/my/web/root/ directory for your web content:
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