tilde question

["Casas, Claudia" <CC...@utep.edu>]

Hello everyone:
My name is Claudia Casas and I just recently subscribed to this list.
I just configured apache 1.3.22 as my web server on linux 7.2.
I am migrating from a web server on WindowsNT to Linux. : )
 
I am not an expert on apache, and this may be an obvious question for some
of you, but please bare with a newbie.
I would like to know if it is possible to remove the tilde from the httpd
address.
 
For example:
On windows I usually refer to a web address like this:
 
http://my.domain.com/myaccount <http://my.domain.com/myaccount>   but on
linux I noticed you need a tilde character like this
http://my.domain.com/~myaccount <http://my.domain.com/~myaccount> 
 
Is there any way I can configure the server to be able to accept the web
address with no tilde, just like in windows.
I do not mind having it, but I do not think my current users will like the
idea.
 
Any references or help will be greatly appreaciated.
 
Thanks in advance!

Re: tilde question

[Daniel Lopez <da...@rawbyte.com>]

Check
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_userdir.html#userdir
and check the canonical urls section in
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html
there is a mod_rewrite example on how to do that

Cheers

Daniel

On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 05:26:05PM -0700, Casas, Claudia wrote:
> Hello everyone:
> My name is Claudia Casas and I just recently subscribed to this list.
> I just configured apache 1.3.22 as my web server on linux 7.2.
> I am migrating from a web server on WindowsNT to Linux. : )
>  
> I am not an expert on apache, and this may be an obvious question for some
> of you, but please bare with a newbie.
> I would like to know if it is possible to remove the tilde from the httpd
> address.
>  
> For example:
> On windows I usually refer to a web address like this:
>  
> http://my.domain.com/myaccount <http://my.domain.com/myaccount>   but on
> linux I noticed you need a tilde character like this
> http://my.domain.com/~myaccount <http://my.domain.com/~myaccount> 
>  
> Is there any way I can configure the server to be able to accept the web
> address with no tilde, just like in windows.
> I do not mind having it, but I do not think my current users will like the
> idea.
>  
> Any references or help will be greatly appreaciated.
>  
> Thanks in advance!

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