creating pub direcotries for users?
 

hi, i was wondering how i would go about making a pub directory for some users? like i would for in their home account to have a directory called "pub" where they could put all the stuff they wantedt o host. i tried doing symbolic links to /var/www/html but that didn't seem to cut it, and i'm thinking i need to mess with some apache config files? could somoen eplease guide me in the right direction. thanks.

Good documentation about setting up public_html type folders here for 2.x version: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/en/...blic_html.html

Should be the same concept for other versions you might be using as well.

hey thanks tricky, worked great. have another quick question. i want peopel to be able to list files in a directory without an index.html page. right now it gives you a 403 forbidden when you try and view a directory without an index.html. i can't seem to find where it talks about that in the apache site. do you know where i could find this information?

<Directory /home/.../>
Options Indexes
</Directory>

and "Options FollowSymlinks" might be a feature you're looking for ;)
If you use AllowOverride, you can override httpd.conf parameters in a .htaccess file that is stored in the directory.

oh, and if you want a global pub directory where anyone can write data, but not remove each others files:

mkdir /data/pub
chmod go+w /data/pub (group+others may write)
chmod +t /data/pub (only remove your own files)

or only a single group:
chgrp users /data/pub
chmod g+w /data/pub
...

i tried the followsymlinks suggestion and restarted httpd but its still giving me the 403. any other ideas?

Check this out...
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...od+public_html

Put something like this in your httpd.conf file and then restart apache:

Or you can just edit yours to look like this instead:

tried it tricky, still doesn't work. i'd just liek to restate exactly what i want to be able to do. i want to be able tos how the files in a directory without having an index.html or any html page directly linking them. right now i can go to files and it all works fine but it won't show the contents of the directory.

Are you actually storing the html or files in public_html directory in the users home directory? What is the exact folder your storing these files in and I assume after making the changes to httpd.conf you are restarting the httpd server?

yeah, i am restarting the httpd server. i am storing these files in the public_html directory as well.

Worth a shot.....try doing it like +Indexes

nope. oh well.