Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 21:59:57 -0800 From: "David Fuchs" <beastie@beastie.net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: help with apache, and public_html directory Message-ID: <002401bf6567$137f2600$0201a8c0@uniserve.com> References: <MPBBLJLABKFCLAHJNBNGMEJLHMAA.smokey@adl.ussr.net> <001c01bf6566$b0909c40$0201a8c0@uniserve.com>
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Clarification: --snip-- I use "chmod 711" to set permissions so that users can snoop in each other's directories. --snip-- I meant "can't"... not "can"... :) -David Fuchs ----- Original Message ----- From: David Fuchs <beastie@beastie.net> To: Freebsd Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 9:57 PM Subject: Re: help with apache, and public_html directory > In your httpd.conf file, you should see something like this: > > --------- > # UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home > # directory if a ~user request is received. > # > UserDir public_html > --------- > > If you want to allow users to have their own pages, just have them create > the directory "public_html" in their home directory. To view the content on > the net, simply have them open a browser and set their address to > http://your.domain-or-ip.here/~username . Make sure you use the ~ symbol > in before the username, or it won't work. > > You can change the UserDir setting in httpd.conf to whatever you want, and > then have your users create a subdirectory by that name in their home > directory. You will get forbidden messages and the like if you don't have > an index.html file in the directory or if the permissions are wrong, > rights/permissions MUST be executable (not necessarily readable) by all. > Example "chmod 755" will work, but so will "chmod 711". I use "chmod 711" > to set permissions so that users can snoop in each other's directories. > (Please don't argue about this people... I know some of you are probably > gettin' that warm and fuzzy "I think what you're doing is WRONG" feeling > already...) hahaha j/k =) > > Any more questions? Need more clarification? Send me a note and I'll get > back to you. > > -David Fuchs > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James <smokey@adl.ussr.net> > To: Freebsd Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 9:17 PM > Subject: help with apache, and public_html directory > > > > Howdy, > > > > I'm new to bsd, and have just muddled through the installation of apache > on > > my machine here at home (its a 2.2.6 build, mostly set up by a friend), > and > > I would like to enable friends to view web pages on my machine - but I > have > > no idea how to set the directories so that they can be viewed.... > > > > Can someone tell me how to do this? - what are the default permissions to > > allow something to be viewed? - do I need a . file of some sort so that > > people can browse it or something? :-) > > > > Every attempt I've had so far has come across some form of 'you do not > have > > permission' message..... > > > > Any and all help would be gratefully recieved :-) > > > > regards > > > > james > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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