Turns out I had the httpd.conf info, but not the public_html, particularly the permissions. Once I chmod'd and tested, worked like a charm.
Thanks! Now to figure out about the web redirect... Scott On Sun, 1 Sep 2003, Damien Solley wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 07:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have built a default debian box with apache, apache-ssl, and > > squirrelmail. I am creating accounts for family members who also want > > web page creation capability, but none of the accounts have web-like > > directories in their homedirs, like public_html or www. > > > > Apache, apache-ssl, and squirrelmail were installed via apt-get install. > > > > What change(s) do I need to make, and where, to permit local creation of > > web pages? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Scott > > > > Hi Scott, > I enabled local web access by editing /etc/apache/httpd.conf > You have to enable > > <IfModule mod_userdir.c> > UserDir public_html > </IfModule> > > Then, if a user has: > a) chmod 701 their home directory (chmod 701 /home/username) (this will > not make their files world readable, thankfully). > b) a public_html folder in their home directory (mkdir > /home/username/public_html). This should be world readable (chmod 755 > public_html). > c) files (esp index.html) in their public_html folder) > then they can access the local pages are accessible at: > http://127.0.0.1/~username/ > > Damien > -- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "An expert is one who knows more and more about less and > less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
