Justin,
Thank you very much. That is exactly what I needed to know. I'm
glad you answer was more succinct that my question!
Carol
On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Justin Pasher wrote:
Carol Walter wrote:
I am talking about the document root. I'm sorry it was unclear.
I'm a newby. =) I guess my real question is, does it have to be
a user in /home/username on a Unix system? I'll have only one
user - the app user.
Carol
If you are talking about the global DocumentRoot setting in the
Apache config, then that directory can be anything you want it to
be. Usually people have it set to something like /var/www, but the
default depends on your distribution. After setting the
DocumentRoot accordingly, you can put files in that directory and
they will be accessible when you access the server via IP address
or domain name that points to that IP address.
http://1.2.3.4/ -> pulls from -> /var/www (DocumentRoot
directive)
If you want people to be able to host files in their home
directory, this is where the UserDir directive comes into play.
This is most commonly set to public_html. The files will be pulled
like so...
http://1.2.3.4/~username/ -> pulls from -> /home/username/
public_html (UserDir directive)
--
Justin Pasher
On Sep 16, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Justin Pasher wrote:
Carol Walter wrote:
Hello,
I'm having a configuration issue. I want to put a directory
called "www" under a project directory. The "www" directory is
where the php code will go. I've found the UserDir directive
that will allow creating that under /home/username, but I
haven't found one like the one I want. Is there a directive for
this?
Thank you,
Your question is a little unclear. Do you want the "www"
directory to be treated as the user's document root (such that
http://hostname/~username/ points to the www directory)? If so,
then you simply need to set the UserDir directive accordingly
based upon your home directory structure. Otherwise, please
explain what you are trying to do a little more.
--
Justin Pasher
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