Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:40:48 +0100 From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> To: Duane Winner <duanewinner@att.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache2 and UserDir in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040617134048.GA27933@munk.nu> In-Reply-To: <20040617060407.GA16332@munk.nu> References: <40D09CA2.2030703@att.net> <20040617060407.GA16332@munk.nu>
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On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 07:04:07AM +0100, Jez Hancock wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 03:16:50PM -0400, Duane Winner wrote: > > > > Does anybody know why this is happening: > > > > I have found that with apache2, installed via portinstall on both 4.9 > > and 5.x, the UserDir is enabled even if it is commented out in httpd.conf! > > > > It is on by default in the stock httpd.conf that installs with apache2. > > If I comment it out and restart, I have found that users can still > > create "public_html" directories in their home directories, and publish > > content. > > I found this odd as well on apache13 a while ago. UserDir is enabled by > default for apache13 and will only be 'disabled' if you set it > disabled explicitly in httpd.conf: ... on rereading my post I realize I forgot to say that the details in my post also apply to apache 2.x as well as 1.3.x - that's to say that by default apache 2.x has UserDir enabled by default on FreeBSD. Turn it off using 'UserDir disabled' in httpd.conf. -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary http://ipfwstats.sf.net/ - ipfw peruser traffic logging
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