This module allows user-specific directories to be accessed using the
http://example.com/~user/
syntax.
The
disabled
. This turns off
all username-to-directory translations except those
explicitly named with the enabled
keyword (see
below).disabled
followed by a
space-delimited list of usernames. Usernames that appear in
such a list will never have directory translation
performed, even if they appear in an enabled
clause.enabled
followed by a
space-delimited list of usernames. These usernames will have
directory translation performed even if a global disable is
in effect, but not if they also appear in a
disabled
clause.If neither the enabled
nor the
disabled
keywords appear in the
http://www.example.com/~bob/one/two.html
will be
translated to:
UserDir directive used | Translated path |
---|---|
UserDir public_html | ~bob/public_html/one/two.html |
UserDir /usr/web | /usr/web/bob/one/two.html |
UserDir /home/*/www | /home/bob/www/one/two.html |
The following directives will send redirects to the client:
UserDir directive used | Translated path |
---|---|
UserDir http://www.example.com/users | http://www.example.com/users/bob/one/two.html |
UserDir http://www.example.com/*/usr | http://www.example.com/bob/usr/one/two.html |
UserDir http://www.example.com/~*/ | http://www.example.com/~bob/one/two.html |
"UserDir ./"
would map "/~root"
to
"/"
- which is probably undesirable. It is strongly
recommended that your configuration include a "UserDir
disabled root
" declaration. See also the Additional examples:
To allow a few users to have UserDir
directories, but
not anyone else, use the following:
To allow most users to have UserDir
directories, but
deny this to a few, use the following:
It is also possible to specify alternative user directories. If you use a command like:
With a request for
http://www.example.com/~bob/one/two.html
, will try to
find the page at ~bob/public_html/one/two.html
first, then
/usr/web/bob/one/two.html
, and finally it will send a
redirect to http://www.example.com/bob/one/two.html
.
If you add a redirect, it must be the last alternative in the list. Apache httpd cannot determine if the redirect succeeded or not, so if you have the redirect earlier in the list, that will always be the alternative that is used.
User directory substitution is not active by default in versions
2.1.4 and later. In earlier versions, UserDir public_html
was assumed if no
Lists of specific enabled and disabled users are replaced, not merged, from global to virtual host scope