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Revision 8 (stbuehler, 2009-02-17 10:45) → Revision 9/12 (Shtirlic, 2009-03-09 14:31)

h1. User-based Directories Module mod_userdir 

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 *Module mod_userdir* {{toc}} 

 h2. Description 

 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: 

 <pre> 
 # URL: http://www.example.org/~jan/index.html  
 # Path: /home/jan/public_html/ 

 userdir.path = "public_html" 
 </pre> 

 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@: 

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

 userdir.path = "htdocs" 
 userdir.basepath = "/var/www/users/" 
 </pre> 

 h2. Options 

 h3. userdir.path (required option) 

 usually it should be set to "public_html" to take ~/public_html/ as the document root 
 default: unset (mod_userdir disabled; set it to "" if you want the home directory to be the document root as it was the default before 1.4.19) 
 Example: 

    userdir.path = "public_html" 

 h3. 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" ) 

 h3. userdir.include-user 

 if set, only users from this list may use the feature 
 default: empty (all users may use it) 

 h3. userdir.basepath 

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