[NTLUG:Discuss] apache problem

[Jay Urish]

At 04:19 PM 6/15/00 , you wrote:

>   We create a directory in /home/httpd/html that is the same as the user's
>directory name, and make it readable and writeable by the user and
>readable by others (for user nobody).  We then softlink a directory of the
>same name in the user's home directory to the /home/httpd/html/usrname
>directory. the user ftp's in using their name and password.  they are
>placed in their directory.  they then cd into the link directory, which
>puts them into the user's home page directory. they get and put files,
>then quit.
>
>   This works well for us. you may wish to restrict /home/httpd/html so it
>is not readable by anyone execept nobody.  that might work.


Cool! I like this idea too, although it is a little work <yuck> :)

Thanks!


>On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Jay Urish wrote:
>
> > At 02:59 PM 6/15/00 , you wrote:
> >
> > >   Are you running a virtual server?  If so, you have to have a virtual
> > >server directive in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.  look at www.apache.org,
> > >and search for virtual server.
> >
> > All that is working..
> > I am just trying to serve the files out of the users home dir.
> >
> >
> > >bug
> > >
>
>
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Jay Urish
Network Engineer - Dallas Wide Area Networking L.L.C
www.dalwan.net