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there should be a section in your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file related to user directories. it will look similar to the following code.

to enable user directories, uncomment code as necessary, or start from scratch in a new secton. specify the name for the folder you want to use (i.e. public_html), set options, and restart (or graceful restart) httpd.

the users (or you) can then create a public_html directory and be sure that the httpd user has access to read the contents. so the public_html directory itself probably needs permissions of 755. the users need to make sure their content is readable by the httpd user too, which usually means making the files world-readable. alternatively you could set the sticky bit for them to be sure permissions will work no matter what they do.

Code:

<IfModule mod_userdir.c>

    UserDir public_html

</IfModule>



<Directory /home/*/public_html>

    AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit

    Options MultiViews SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

    <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>

        Order allow,deny

        Allow from all

    </Limit>

    <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>

        Order deny,allow

        Deny from all

    </LimitExcept>

</Directory>