RE: [Sheflug] apache root directory

["French, Alastair" <nospam [at] racalinst.co.uk>]

If you can gain access as root or the owner of httpd.conf, check that the
user directory option is enabled.
I think the option is UserDir, this points allows you use
http://www.your.domain/~user/ this will point to what ever is set in
httpd.conf, the default is ~user/public_html.

I think there is another option to enable, but it is clearly labelled. I
don't have apache to hand here.

After saving this you will need to restart apache on my home system this is
/etc/init.d/apachectl restart, 

HTH

Alastair

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	James Bruce [SMTP:aca00jab [at] sheffield.ac.uk]
> Sent:	Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:53 AM
> To:	Sheflug
> Subject:	[Sheflug] apache root directory
> 
> here's a fairly simple problem im sure someone can help me with; im trying
> to test out my website locally as it includes php3 / perl kinda stuff so
> id
> like to see if that stuff works... anyhew i put the stuff in mmy public
> html directory, and now i find out that the root direct to apache is
> somehting completely different like in usr/local or somehting i dont have
> write access to as a user. how can i change it to be my public_html
> directory? ive tried running commanche - it asks where all the files are
> stored but only lets me choose the top option which specifies /sbin/ -
> hwoever theres no way i can get commanche configured since the exectuable
> for apache and everyting is in a directory it doesnt like (it
> automatically
> looks for it in /bin/ and mine is in /sbin somehwere..). theres a couple
> more option that let you say what distribution you have apache installed
> with, but those are greyed out for me for some reason... so bascially i
> cant use commanche to configure it..
> 
> so, with that in mind, does anyone know how i configure it manually? i
> dont
> like editing files but im guessing im gonna have to aren't i?
> 
> thanks.. james.
> 
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