hi everybody.i have a question.what's the difference between userdir and virtual host in apache.i know that with userdir the domain name of the website is unique and we make difference between website with user accounts.for example these website can be hosted on the same web server running apache:
1.http://www.example.com/~u1
2.http://www.example.com/~u2
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...etc.

and i know that with virtual host we can have different domain name, like IIS.
but the thing i don't get is what's the difference.in what situations we use userdir and in what situations we use virtual host.

if someone explain it to me, i'd appreciate it.

Virtual Host if you want a unique domain name for each site.
userdir if you just want users to have a page under your main domain name using www.domain.com/~username for their website address.

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thank you TenTenths.one more question.when i'm using virtual host what's the regular path for html file.can i use public_html in home directory or should i create a directory in /var/www.which one is the common configuration ?

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In the past I've used both approaches, for example at work I use /var/www/html/www.example.com but on my own servers I tend to use /home/username/public_html for the html files and /home/username/logs for the log files.

If you're doing this for a number of users then I would suggest using the /home/username/public_html /home/username/logs method, that way you can chroot jail their shell/ftp to /home/username and that way they can still make their site changes and access their log files.

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thank you so much.

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