Not knowing the configuration of your httpd.conf file and the configuration
of the local users' home directory, there is no direct answer. Therefore,
my approach to your question is to give you a very basic setup, which would
allow users to access files in their home's directory. You can base off of
this to make it works on your machine.
Before you do anything, backup your httpd.conf file.
Even better, do this on a test VM.
In the file httpd.conf, change these 2 directives to look like this:
#UserDir disabled
UserDir *public_html*
this enables local users to access html files inside the the *public_html *
directory.
Let's say we want UserX to have access to his/her home directory:
mkdir /home/UserX*/public_html*
Then create an html file in the *public_html *directory,
Now comes the fun part, permission and SELinux :).
Permission: Make sure UserX is the owner of the *public_html* directory
and all files within it (hence, recursively).
chown userx:userx *public_html*
Directory and files need read and execute permission
chmod 755
Selinux: public_html and all files within must have one of these context
types:
httpd_sys_content_t
or
public_content_rw_t
sample command:
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t *public_html
*then make sure SELinux setting survives reboot, run command:
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t *public_html*
verify the directory and do the same to all files inside *public_html*:
ll -Z
Finally, enable SELinux boolean:
setsebool -P httpd_enable_homedirs on
Restart Apache without interrupting the users:
apachectl graceful
Now access UserX' home directory:
http://servername_or_ip_address/~userx/
This is just a basic configuration to give you a general idea. You will
have to customize the settings and permissions according to your server's
needs.
good luck
-Tam
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Terry Northren <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi again,
> on Apache server, how do I allow users to access files in their home
> folders?
>
>
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