Question about mydomian.com/~mydir

360 · 07-31-2001, 09:17 AM

I have a directory such as mydomain.com/~mydir. Many people have direct links to this address. When I switch webhosting companies, how do I create this directory? Ws_ftp wont let me create the directory with a tilda (~) in it.

What is this type of direcory with a tilda for anyway?

I have Unix Sys Admin Handbook and Apache by O'Reilly if you can refer me to a chapter.

Thanks,

360

jharris · 07-31-2001, 09:23 AM

You don't create the directory. It is a mapping (typically to public_html) done in your httpd.conf. This is taken from my httpd.cof

Code:

#
# 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>

So when you go to a ~username URL apache returns the pages in the users public_html directory.

HTH

Jamie...