Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0

Apache Module mod_userdir

Description: User-specific directories Status: Base Module Identifier: userdir_module

Summary

This module allows user-specific directories to be accessed using the http://example.com/~user/ syntax.

Directives

• UserDir

See also

• Mapping URLs to the Filesystem

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UserDir Directive

Description: Location of the user-specific directories Syntax: UserDir directory-filename Default: UserDir public_html Context: server config, virtual host Status: Base Module: mod_userdir

The UserDir directive sets the real directory in a user's home directory to use when a request for a document for a user is received. Directory-filename is one of the following:

• The name of a directory or a pattern such as those shown below.
• The keyword disabled. This turns off all username-to-directory translations except those explicitly named with the enabled keyword (see below).
• The keyword 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.
• The keyword 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 Userdir directive, the argument is treated as a filename pattern, and is used to turn the name into a directory specification. A request for http://www.foo.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.foo.com/users	http://www.foo.com/users/bob/one/two.html
UserDir http://www.foo.com/*/usr	http://www.foo.com/bob/usr/one/two.html
UserDir http://www.foo.com/~*/	http://www.foo.com/~bob/one/two.html

Be careful when using this directive; for instance, "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 Directory directive and the Security Tips page for more information.

Additional examples:

To allow a few users to have UserDir directories, but not anyone else, use the following:

UserDir disabled UserDir enabled user1 user2 user3

To allow most users to have UserDir directories, but deny this to a few, use the following:

UserDir enabled UserDir disabled user4 user5 user6

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Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0