Apache Module mod_userdir

This module allows user-specific directories to be accessed using the http://example.com/~user/

UserDir directory-filename [directory-filename] ...

directive sets the real directory in a user's home directory to use when a request for a document for a user is received. Directory-filename is one of the following:

. This turns off enabled

keyword (see below).disabled

followed by a space-delimited list of usernames. Usernames that appear in such a list will enabled

followed by a space-delimited list of usernames. These usernames will have directory translation performed even if a global disable is in effect, but not if they also appear in a disabled

clause.If neither the enabled

directive, the argument is treated as a filename pattern, and is used to turn the name into a directory specification. A request for http://www.example.com/~bob/one/two.html

| UserDir directive used | Translated path | |---|---| | UserDir publichtml | ~bob/publichtml/one/two.html | | UserDir /usr/web | /usr/web/bob/one/two.html | | UserDir /home/*/www | /home/bob/www/one/two.html |

The following directives will send redirects to the client:

| UserDir directive used | Translated path | |---|---| | UserDir http://www.example.com/users | http://www.example.com/users/bob/one/two.html | | UserDir http://www.example.com//usr | http://www.example.com/bob/usr/one/two.html | | UserDir http://www.example.com/~/ | http://www.example.com/~bob/one/two.html |

- which is probably undesirable. It is strongly recommended that your configuration include a " UserDir disabled root

directive and the Additional examples:

directories, but not anyone else, use the following:

UserDir disabled UserDir enabled user1 user2 user3

UserDir disabled user4 user5 user6

It is also possible to specify alternative user directories. If you use a command like:

, will try to find the page at ~bob/public_html/one/two.html

, and finally it will send a redirect to http://www.example.com/bob/one/two.html

If you add a redirect, it must be the last alternative in the list. Apache httpd cannot determine if the redirect succeeded or not, so if you have the redirect earlier in the list, that will always be the alternative that is used.

User directory substitution is not active by default in versions 2.1.4 and later. In earlier versions, UserDir public_html

was assumed if no

Lists of specific enabled and disabled users are replaced, not merged, from global to virtual host scope

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