Some small clarifications for mod_userdir.html <PATCH>
--- ../apache-1.3/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_userdir.html Wed May 20 10:13:00 1998 +++ ./mod_userdir.html Thu Mar 16 23:16:26 2000 @@ -55,8 +55,15 @@ of the <SAMP>enabled</SAMP> keyword, or <SAMP>disabled</SAMP> with a list of usernames, is only available in Apache 1.3 and above.<P> -The UserDir directive sets the real directory in a user's home directory -to use when a request for a document for a user is received. +The UserDir directive sets a directory, relative to a user's home directory, +to use when a request for a document for that user is received. This type of +request is indicated by a tilde (~) followed by a username, as in +<CODE>http://servername/~username/document.html</CODE>.<P> + +On systems where there is no clear concept of a user's home directory, +such as Win32, Apache does not try to determine the user's home directory, and +this directive should be set to an absolute path.<P> + <EM>Directory/filename</EM> is one of the following: </P> <UL> @@ -88,6 +95,8 @@ UserDir /usr/web -> /usr/web/bob/one/two.html UserDir /home/*/www -> /home/bob/www/one/two.html </PRE> +Note that an asterisk (*) is replaced with the username.<P> + The following directives will send redirects to the client: <PRE> UserDir http://www.foo.com/users -> http://www.foo.com/users/bob/one/two.html </PATCH> Rich -- http://www.ApacheUnleashed.com/ Lexington Perl Mongers - http://lexington.pm.org/ PGP Key - http://www.rcbowen.com/pgp.txt
