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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by no...@apache.org on 2006/02/28 20:47:38 UTC

svn commit: r381758 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml

Author: noirin
Date: Tue Feb 28 11:47:35 2006
New Revision: 381758

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=381758&view=rev
Log:
Documenting (slightly confusing) default behaviour

Modified:
    httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml?rev=381758&r1=381757&r2=381758&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml Tue Feb 28 11:47:35 2006
@@ -33,7 +33,16 @@
     out of the home directory of the user "<code>username</code>", out of
     the subdirectory specified by the <directive
     module="mod_userdir">UserDir</directive> directive.</p>
-
+<p>Note that, by default, access to these directories is <strong>not</strong>
+    enabled. You can enable access when using <directive module="mod_userdir"
+    >UserDir</directive> by commenting out the line</p>
+    <example>
+	    Include conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
+    </example>
+    <p>in the default config file, and adapting the <code
+    >httpd-userdir.conf</code>
+    file as necessary, or by including the appropriate directives in a
+    <code>Directory</code> block within the main config file.</p>
 </summary>
 
 <seealso><a href="../urlmapping.html">Mapping URLs to the Filesystem</a></seealso>



Re: svn commit: r381758 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml

Posted by Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com>.
On Tuesday 28 February 2006 19:47, noirin@apache.org wrote:

> +<p>Note that, by default, access to these directories is
> <strong>not</strong> +    enabled. You can enable access when using
> <directive module="mod_userdir" +    >UserDir</directive> by commenting out
> the line</p>
> +    <example>
> +	    Include conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
> +    </example>

Huh?  Enable it by commenting out that line?
If that's right then the configuration is indeed confusing.

-- 
Nick Kew