RE: [users@httpd] Problem blocking user dir access

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krist van Besien [mailto:krist.vanbesien@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2005 11:38
> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [users@httpd] Problem blocking user dir access
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> On our server we do not use userdirs, so requests to
> 
> http://<ourserver>/~<user>/<somefile>
> 
> should always result in an error. Right now they do.
> 
> The problem is that the server returns a "404 Not Found" error when
> <user> does not exist on our server, but a "403 Forbidden" <user> does
> exist.
> 
> In the one case we get error messages like:
> File does not exist: /opt/portal/mp/www/~<user>
>  and in the other case
> client denied by server configuration: /home/<user>
> 
> the odd thing is that the server does this, even though we do not load
> mod_userdir, and have not configured a UserDir.

That's your problem - if you don't define a UserDir, it defaults to "public_html". Try;

	UserDir disabled

which should switch it off completely.

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. 

> 
> What have I overlooked? How can I make sure that all requests to
> userdirs result in a 404
> 
> Krist
> 
> 
> --
> krist.vanbesien@xxxxxxxxx
> Solothurn, Switzerland
> 
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