In several directories, I have a subdirectory called public_html. It is empty in each directory in which it appears. What is is for? dj tuchler
On Wednesday 13 February 2002 17:44, Dennis Tuchler wrote:
In several directories, I have a subdirectory called public_html. It is empty in each directory in which it appears. What is is for?
dj tuchler
Typically these are for user files that you want to make available through your web server. If configured in httpd.conf, you could access the files like this: http://servername.domain.com/~user_name/ Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Science has promised man power...But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power is nothing if it is not the power to choose." Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT said in reference to Computers. --------------------------------------- The Great Linux-NT Debate: http://www.jimmo.com/Linux-NT_Debate/index.html --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups or forums are subject to reposting.
Hi, have you ever surfed a web site that has a url like this: http://www.somedomain.com/~bob/ Well the "~bob" is actually the username of a user on that system, the web-server actually reads the html files (or any other type if your server is configured for that) from the public_html directory in his/her/other home drive. So in short, you can let any users of your system create their own little web spaces and have people access them. There is some configuring that has to happen on the web server and this prevents any user from just creating a public_html directory and creating a web-site. Hope this helps Q On Wednesday 13 February 2002 18:44, Dennis Tuchler wrote:
In several directories, I have a subdirectory called public_html. It is empty in each directory in which it appears. What is is for?
dj tuchler
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