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 Module: mod_userdir 
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 Description 
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 The userdir module provides a simple way to link user-based directories into the global namespace of the webserver. 

 Requests in the form ``/~user/page.html`` are rewritten to take the file ``page.html`` from the home directory of the user. 
 If ``userdir.path`` is set, the path will be appended to the home directory 
 building the classic mapping of: :: 

   userdir.path = "public_html" 

   URL: http://www.example.org/~jan/index.html  
   Path: /home/jan/public_html/ 

 To control which users should be able to use this feature you can set a list of usernames to include or exclude. 

 In case your mapping is independent of /etc/passwd you can use 
 ``userdir.basepath``: :: 

   userdir.path = "htdocs" 
   userdir.basepath = "/var/www/users/" 

   URL: http://www.example.org/~jan/index.html 
   Path: /var/www/users/jan/htdocs/index.html 

 Options 
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 userdir.path 
   usually it should be set to "public_html" to take ~/public_html/ as the document root 
    
   Default: empty (document root is the home directory) 
   Example: :: 

     userdir.path = "public_html" 

 userdir.exclude-user 
   list of usernames which may not use this feature 
 Default: empty (all users may use it) 
   Example: :: 

     userdir.exclude-user = ( "root", "postmaster" ) 


 userdir.include-user 
   if set, only users from this list may use the feature 

   Default: empty (all users may use it) 

 userdir.basepath 
   if set, don't check /etc/passwd for homedir 


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