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Rather than changing permission on "/var/www/html", why don't you host your website inside the user home folder?
In this setup, you won't need to change permission on apache root folder.
Rather than changing permission on "/var/www/html", why don't you host your website inside the user home folder?
In this setup, you won't need to change permission on apache root folder.
Hope this helps...
I'm thinking all I'd need to do is change the DocumentRoot value in httpd.conf to make that happen?
But I'd still like to know how I can set it up in its current location.
Is there any security risk involved in changing the ownership of the /var/www/html directory?
Overly broad DAC rights or changing ownership are commonly advertised as a "fix" but something like hablutzel1's example just shouldn't be used. Instead eliufoo's idea of using Apache's UserDir directive makes sense. If that doesn't work for you then you might want to look at ACL's (acl.bestbits.at).
My home directory is currently set to permissions: 700 [drwx------] (default)
I would have to run "chmod 711 shaunak" to be able to run the site inside wouldn't I? (Because I am currently getting a 403 error )
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Also,
I have set up serving pages from the user directory by entering "UserDir enabled shaunak" and "UserDir public_html" directives in the httpd.conf
Is this OK or is there a better way to do it?
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