[vox-tech] quick apache question

[Jan W]

Hey Z:

I think what you're looking for is the UserDir directive.

Is that enabled in the conf file (for your target user at least)?

Check this out for more info:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_userdir.html

--HTHO

jan

--- Cylar Z <cylarz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> Thanks to all who wrote regarding my "linux and
> viruses" thread. A nod to those who said my admin was
> unbelievably naive and uninformed. You know, he always
> seemed like a smart guy, but the fact that he's barely
> even heard of Linux (yet is in charge of a 200-client
> network) is staggering. As someone who has a free hand
> to design and maintain all the systems at our
> workplace, you'd think he would want to be fully aware
> of all his options and alternatives.
> 
> What I'll probably wind up doing is emphasizing that
> there have been no large-scale virus attacks on Linux,
> and even if there were, it would be difficult if not
> imposssible for such an infestation to make the leap
> from Linux to Windows. (I'm hoping this will put his
> fears aside enough to let me hook up my laptop.) Many
> posters correctly pointed out that anything beyond
> this will likely go in one of the sysadmin's ears and
> out the other.
> 
> Now I have a completely unrelated question about
> Apache HTTP server, one that I couldn't find the
> answer to at the Apache Server Project's website. The
> Linux server I'm working on runs HTTP server 2.0.
> 
> A user on the system wants to have a webpage space
> within his shell account. He has already created a
> public_html directory & uploaded an index.html file
> into the directory. He has also set his public_html
> folder to chmod 755 and his index.html file therin to
> chmod 644.
> 
> However, when he fires up his browser and types in
> 
> www.mywebserver.com/~user
>   OR
> www.mywebserver.com/user
> 
> he gets a Not Found error message instead of his
> webpage. My guess is that the problem is somewhere in
> Apache's config file; that is, the http server isn't
> looking in the correct folder for the index.html file.
> 
> 
> If I'm right, where in httpd.conf is the line that I
> need to modify? If I'm *wrong*, then what's the
> problem?
> 
> The server also has a main webpage and some virtual
> hosts. All of these seem to be functioning normally,
> and yes, I double-checked that httpd is running.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Thanks, Matt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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