Oops! I did not read the question well did I?
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 19:11, Ross Drummond wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:22, you wrote:
>
> What I am about to describe is not the solution you requested but is an easy
> solution to configure if you wish to allow users to set up their own web
> pages.
>
> Go to you /etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf and check for the following
> directive.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home
> # directory if a ~user request is received.
> #
> <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
> UserDir public_html
> </IfModule>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> If it is present, create a subdirectory in their home directory called
> public_html. This directive is enabled by default on Mandrake 9.
>
> If a user 'guy' has such a directory the content can be served by using
> the following url format
>
> http://domain/~guy -note the umulat.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Cheers Ross Drummond
>
> > I am setting up an internal web server on a rh8 machine.
> > Is there a recommended way to build a site, in terms of:
> >
> > whether pages are stored in var/www/html;
> > whether pages are stored elsewhere, with symbolic links
> > the manner in which files are uploaded; ie do I create a user whose home
> > directory is /var/www/html, and upload files to that directory using ftp?
> >
> > I wish to set this up so it is relatively simple for people to administer
> > using the likes of frontpage.
>
>
