Ubuntu Drupal difficulties

Im trying to set up a web server, I was using lullabots video guide , install a local web server on ubuntu. Aside from my apache,phpmyadmin and drupal folders not beign located in my /var/www directory , When trying to change permissions of my settings.php file in drupal it says i am not the owner and cant change the permissions. Any suggestions?
change the owner (you will need to be super user to do it)
I get it.
Lol thats good Thanks
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