Apache and public_html

[charlie763]

I am running Ubuntu on my 12" Al Powerbook with apache installed and running. When I go to http://127.0.0.1 I get shown the directory contents of Apache's root directory. When I go to http://127.0.0.1/~[User Name]/ I want Apache to properly handle the contents of /home/[User Name]/public_html/. I have tried to figure the apache2.conf file, but nothing seemes to be working. I also restarted the server each time I saved a change to apache2.conf. Does anyone know how I can go about fixing this. Much thanks...

[jdonnell]

I replied to your post in the other category. It should help you. Let me know if you have any further questions.

[charlie763]

Quoted:

You should see something like this in your apache2.conf

# UserDir is now a module
#UserDir public_html
#UserDir disabled root

#<Directory /home/*/public_html>
#       AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#       Options Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
#</Directory>

Change it to this.

# UserDir is now a module
UserDir public_html
#UserDir disabled root

<Directory /home/*/public_html>
       AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
       Options Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
</Directory>

Now restart apache and all should be working. You may need to change the permissions of your home folder.

$ chmod 755 /home/username

It looks like that should work. I'll try it when I get home tonight. I imagine that "UserDir disabled root" disables the public_html directory for the root user. What I had been doing was removing the comment tag on the "UserDir disabled root" line to make my code look as follows:

# UserDir is now a module
UserDir public_html
UserDir disabled root

<Directory /home/*/public_html>
       AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
       Options Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
</Directory>

The permissions on /home/charles/public_html was set so owner, group and others could read and execute, but only the owner could write. I don't think changing the permissions on /home/charles should not matter as long as /home/charles/public_html is readable. I changed the permissions of /home/charles/public_html before and it did not work.

I'll modify the apache2.conf file exactly the same way you said and report back tomorrow. Thanks for all you help. I love help forums.

[charlie763]

I did exactly what you said and it did not work. I even saved the changes to apache2.conf and rebooted to see if that worked and it didn't.

I'm the only one who will be using my computer so using the default apache directory is no big deal. Thanks anyway for the help, but I think I'll just use the default directory until Hoary final comes out and I can do a fresh install.

Cheers!

[jdonnell]

Hm, well if you want to mess with it I'll help. Messing with things like this is how I learned how apache works

If you want, do this.
Request a page from your public_html directory.
http://localhost/~user/something.html
What does it say?
Look in the log files and see what they show for this requiest.
tail /var/log/apache2/access.log
tail /var/log/apache2/error.log

[hantsy]

Originally Posted by jdonnell Hm, well if you want to mess with it I'll help. Messing with things like this is how I learned how apache works If you want, do this. Request a page from your public_html directory. http://localhost/~user/something.html What does it say? Look in the log files and see what they show for this requiest. tail /var/log/apache2/access.log tail /var/log/apache2/error.log

debian apache has its own configuer rule ...
#a2enmod user_dir
#chmod 755 /home/<username>
#mkdir -p /home/<username>/public_html
#chmod 755 /home/<username>/public_html

All is OK

[Glarbl_Blarbl]

Personally, I don't like to have my homedir world-readable... I'd amend that to:

#chmod 751 /home/<username>

cheers!

[denisesballs]

Has anyone found the user_dir apache module in dapper anywhere?

[tbrownaw]

Originally Posted by denisesballs Has anyone found the user_dir apache module in dapper anywhere?

I think it's in apache2-common?

[LordHunter317]

No, it's part of the mpm you have installed. However, it's part of the standard installation.