Oops, I think I goofed. I should have clarified that these are for my LOCAL sites. All my online sites are insisde a folder named public_html. Do your comments still stand - is it a good idea to put my websites inside folders named public_html even on my computer? Thanks. --- John Hicks <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David Blomstrom wrote: > > This is how most of my virtual hosts are set up: > > > > <VirtualHost *:80> > > ServerName geoworld > > ServerAlias geoworld *.geoworld > > DocumentRoot c:\sites\geoworld > > </VirtualHost> > > > > However, I read somewhere that it's better to put > your > > sites inside a folder named public_html, then set > up > > your virtual host like this: > > > > <VirtualHost *:80> > > ServerName geozoo > > ServerAlias geozoo *.geozoo > > DocumentRoot c:\sites\geozoo\public_html > > </VirtualHost> > > > > Can anyone tell me if that's better and why? I've > set > > a couple sites up like that, and everything seems > to > > work OK, but I don't want to go to the trouble of > > changing all my sites if there's no real > advantage. > > The second alternative is probably better for most > installations. > > Remember that any file that lies under the document > root is potentially > visible to all the world. Any files that will never > be served via Apache > should not be under the document root. Having that > extra layer of > directories gives you more flexibility in organizing > and controlling > your files. > > Of course there's no reason why the document root > needs to be called > 'public_html' in particular. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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