Apache2 won't serve php5 in home directory, need advice

floweringmind · 05-21-2010, 10:53 AM

Running Ubuntu 10.04

Installed apache2 and php5 and it works in /var/www

but once I point it to a home directory it won't serve php.
Normally I have used phpcgi but I am currently trying to use regular php.

Here is my default file. Any suggestions of what I might be doing wrong would be much appreciated.

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

	DocumentRoot /home/greensmoothiegirl/public_html
	<Directory />
		Options FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride All
	</Directory>
	<Directory /home/greensmoothiegirl/public_html/>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		allow from all
	</Directory>

	ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
	<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
		AllowOverride None
		Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	</Directory>

	ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

	# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
	# alert, emerg.
	LogLevel warn

	CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
    <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

rweaver · 05-21-2010, 11:00 AM

Is php5 being loaded? What do your access and error logs show for attempting to hit the php file?

floweringmind · 05-21-2010, 11:12 AM

Yes php5 is running as it works in /var/www

When I hit a php page the browser downloads it instead of parsing it and there are no errors in the logs

floweringmind · 05-21-2010, 11:14 AM

Nevermind I am dumping Ubuntu and going to Debian.

rweaver · 05-21-2010, 11:29 AM

heh, typically you don't setup a vhost for each person you want to have a user dir...

you just enable mod_userdir and

UserDir public_html
UserDir disabled root

There is really not a huge difference between debian apache2 and ubuntu apache2... although for servers I far favor debian, for desktops, ubuntu.