Apache Q: http://mybox.mydomain.com/~username/public_html

16 Mar 2001

      This *should* be an easy question, but the answer is not jumping out at me.  
How do I set up my Apache server so that it shares out the 
~username/public_html directories which are indicated in the default 
/etc/httpd/httpd.conf as follows:

#
# UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home
# directory if a ~user request is received.
#
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
    UserDir public_html
</IfModule>

#
# Control access to UserDir directories.  The following is an example
# for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.
#

    AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
    <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Limit>
    <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
    </LimitExcept>
</Directory>
?

I removed the comments form the tagged region in the second block above but I 
still get a 403.  I'm sure I could find *a* way to make this work, but I'm 
wondering what the intent of the designer was.  Does anybody know how this is 
*supposed* to work?

TIA,

Steve

Apache Q: http://mybox.mydomain.com/~username/public_html

Steven T. Hatton