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6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.5</a> > <a href="./">How-To / Tutorials</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>Per-user web directories</h1>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="/en/howto/public_html.html" title="English"> en </a> |
b43f840409794ed298e8634f6284741f193b6c4ftakashi<a href="/fr/howto/public_html.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Fran�ais"> fr </a> |
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b43f840409794ed298e8634f6284741f193b6c4ftakashi<p>On systems with multiple users, each user can be permitted to have a
b43f840409794ed298e8634f6284741f193b6c4ftakashi web site in their home directory using the <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_userdir.html#userdir">UserDir</a></code> directive. Visitors
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and to a URL <code>http://example.com/~username/</code> will get content
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and out of the home directory of the user "<code>username</code>", out of
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and the subdirectory specified by the <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_userdir.html#userdir">UserDir</a></code> directive.</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<p>Note that, by default, access to these directories is <strong>not</strong>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and enabled. You can enable access when using <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_userdir.html#userdir">UserDir</a></code> by uncommenting the line</p>
1d980e5489836e977ba59b419e27b0ec875c4bd3takashi <p>in the default config file <code>conf/httpd.conf</code>, and adapting the <code>httpd-userdir.conf</code>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and file as necessary, or by including the appropriate directives in a
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <code>Directory</code> block within the main config file.</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#related">Per-user web directories</a></li>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#userdir">Setting the file path with UserDir</a></li>
1d980e5489836e977ba59b419e27b0ec875c4bd3takashi<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#redirect">Redirecting to external URLs</a></li>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#enable">Restricting what users are permitted to use this
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cgi">Enabling a cgi directory for each user</a></li>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#htaccess">Allowing users to alter configuration</a></li>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and</ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="/urlmapping.html">Mapping URLs to the Filesystem</a></li></ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
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6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<h2><a name="related" id="related">Per-user web directories</a></h2>
1d980e5489836e977ba59b419e27b0ec875c4bd3takashi <table class="related"><tr><th>Related Modules</th><th>Related Directives</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><code class="module"><a href="/mod/mod_userdir.html">mod_userdir</a></code></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_userdir.html#userdir">UserDir</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="/mod/core.html#directorymatch">DirectoryMatch</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="/mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code></li></ul></td></tr></table>
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6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<h2><a name="userdir" id="userdir">Setting the file path with UserDir</a></h2>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_userdir.html#userdir">UserDir</a></code>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and directive specifies a directory out of which per-user
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and content is loaded. This directive may take several different forms.</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>If a path is given which does not start with a leading slash, it is
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and assumed to be a directory path relative to the home directory of the
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and specified user. Given this configuration:</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">UserDir public_html</pre>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>the URL <code>http://example.com/~rbowen/file.html</code> will be
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and translated to the file path
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>If a path is given starting with a slash, a directory path will be
30471a4650391f57975f60bbb6e4a90be7b284bfhumbedooh constructed using that path, plus the username specified. Given this
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and configuration:</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">UserDir /var/html</pre>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>the URL <code>http://example.com/~rbowen/file.html</code> will be
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and translated to the file path <code>/var/html/rbowen/file.html</code></p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>If a path is provided which contains an asterisk (*), a path is used
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and in which the asterisk is replaced with the username. Given this
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and configuration:</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">UserDir /var/www/*/docs</pre>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>the URL <code>http://example.com/~rbowen/file.html</code> will be
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and translated to the file path
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>Multiple directories or directory paths can also be set.</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">UserDir public_html /var/html</pre>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>For the URL <code>http://example.com/~rbowen/file.html</code>,
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and Apache will search for <code>~rbowen</code>. If it isn't found,
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and Apache will search for <code>rbowen</code> in <code>/var/html</code>. If
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and found, the above URL will then be translated to the file path
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<h2><a name="redirect" id="redirect">Redirecting to external URLs</a></h2>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_userdir.html#userdir">UserDir</a></code> directive can be
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and used to redirect user directory requests to external URLs.</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">UserDir http://example.org/users/*/</pre>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>The above example will redirect a request for
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<h2><a name="enable" id="enable">Restricting what users are permitted to use this
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>Using the syntax shown in the UserDir documentation, you can restrict
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and what users are permitted to use this functionality:</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">UserDir disabled root jro fish</pre>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>The configuration above will enable the feature for all users
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and except for those listed in the <code>disabled</code> statement.
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and You can, likewise, disable the feature for all but a few users by
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and using a configuration like the following:</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> UserDir disabled<br />
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and UserDir enabled rbowen krietz</pre>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>See <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_userdir.html#userdir">UserDir</a></code>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and documentation for additional examples.</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<h2><a name="cgi" id="cgi">Enabling a cgi directory for each user</a></h2>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>In order to give each user their own cgi-bin directory, you can use
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and a <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and directive to make a particular subdirectory of a user's home directory
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and cgi-enabled.</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Directory "/home/*/public_html/cgi-bin/">
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and Options ExecCGI
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and SetHandler cgi-script
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and</Directory></pre>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <code>public_html</code>, a cgi program <code>example.cgi</code>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and could be loaded from that directory as:</p>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and<h2><a name="htaccess" id="htaccess">Allowing users to alter configuration</a></h2>
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and <p>If you want to allows users to modify the server configuration in
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and their web space, they will need to use <code>.htaccess</code> files to
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and make these changes. Ensure that you have set <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code> to a
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and value sufficient for the directives that you want to permit the users
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and to modify. See the <a href="htaccess.html">.htaccess tutorial</a> for
6ae232055d4d8a97267517c5e50074c2c819941and additional details on how this works.</p>
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