how to let linux publish my website?

sorno · 06-30-2005, 03:46 AM

my school use unix, and i can make a directory called public_html in home directory, then i can put my website in it. the website can be browse by others with address like http://xxxxx.edu/~username
is it anyway to do it in my own linux??i am using fedora 3.

Bruce Hill · 06-30-2005, 03:59 AM

Apache

Apache

Apache

sorno · 06-30-2005, 04:06 AM

o, i thought linux have apache when i installed it...><
mac os x is easier to do then...i have a powerbook and just have to check something in sys preference, then it tells me the address of my website, and i just have to put my website into the folder called Sites.

Bruce Hill · 06-30-2005, 04:09 AM

Use Mac OS-X then. I don't have a clue about Fedora,
but Slackware Linux has Apache installed by default.

hardcorelinux · 06-30-2005, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sorno
o, i thought linux have apache when i installed it...><
mac os x is easier to do then...i have a powerbook and just have to check something in sys preference, then it tells me the address of my website, and i just have to put my website into the folder called Sites.

In fedora also apache is installed by default.

theYinYeti · 06-30-2005, 05:05 AM

In Mandrake, there's Apache too, so probably in Fedora also. The main pages are in /var/www/html if I remember correctly. And what you describe works exactly the same. It just has to be enabled.

Yves.

sorno · 06-30-2005, 12:31 PM

/var/www/html is the place for root, so i think it's not that. my school one is like every user can have their own website. so the public_html folder put in the home folder, that's will be it.
and how to enable it?security level?i checked that http already. server configuration?i dont see apache there...just many service that i don know about ><

theYinYeti · 07-01-2005, 03:24 AM

Apache is the "httpd" service. As for this particular configuration (to enable ~/public_html), I don't know it (never used it), but it should be somewhere in Apache's config. Go to Apache config dir as root (under /etc), and do that:

Code:

# grep -ril "public_html" config/

Sorry if my instructions are not accurate; I don't have Linux at hand now.

Yves.

sorno · 07-01-2005, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by theYinYeti
In Mandrake, there's Apache too, so probably in Fedora also. The main pages are in /var/www/html if I remember correctly. And what you describe works exactly the same. It just has to be enabled.

Yves.

apache is not installed by default, but it''s quite easy to install it in fedora3 anyway. after i installed it, i can put the website as you say: /var/www/html.
however, i cannot find that apache directory, it's not under etc. and only root can put a website, is it anyway i can let user put their website too??

bloodfulldesire · 07-01-2005, 09:17 AM

you can change user file permission on the folder i know in suse linux if your log in as root you just right click the folder and click permissions an dyou can change them so user's can read , write , execute or what ever you want the user to do

sorno · 07-01-2005, 09:52 AM

actually i mean eash user has his or her own website, it should be a way to do it right?

phil.d.g · 07-01-2005, 09:59 AM

You need these lines in httpd.conf

Code:

<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
    UserDir public_html
</IfModule>

you may find it useful to set some options for /home/*/public_html for example

Code:

<Directory /home/*/public_html>
    Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +Includes
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>