Virtual Directories

[dsullinger]

I've setup a OpenSUSE 10.1 box as a file/web server in our home. I've got all the shares setup using everyones /home/ directories and the Apache server is working fine.

I would like to create a directory in each users Home as /home/user/

http://www and

the create a virtual redirector to each persons directory so they can create web pages inside their own home directory.

I placed the following in the /etc/apache2/default-server.conf file:

Alias /user/ "/home/user/

http://www/"

<Directory "/home/user/

http://www">

Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

When I point my browser to

http://www/user/,

I get an error 403, Access Forbidden.

Any thoughts?

 

[mbrooks]

http://www/user/

Shouldn't this be an ip address. If not then you should set-up VirtualHosts for each user.

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

 

[smah]

Have you looked at mod_userdir?

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_userdir.html

 

[dsullinger]

Ok, I got the problem solved and I'm not real sure what happened, but it's working. Maybe it was a bad combination of user permissions, I'm not sure but it's working great.

I didn't have to setup a VirtualHosts, actually that stopped it from working so I turned it off.

Yes on mod_userdir and there was a change I had to make in there to allow usersdir usage and that is probably what fixed it. I still had some problems after words, but after making some chmod changes to the /home/user/public_html directory, things are working great.

Thanks everyone. I figure a little UNIX Server in the house will help the kids get thier hands a little dirty on something besides the Windows "click and go".