Another one of my posts that never showed up.... this is the second one tonight that needs reposting:( On May 6, 2004 06:20 pm, Pete Nesbitt wrote: <snip> > > Hi, > The idea of creating an html dir in the users home is good, but the 'new' > prefered method for apache, instead of configuring apache to use home dirs > (there is a config stanza for doing that), you create a web space, in this > case /var/www/html/PS, then make it owned by the user & group, sguid the > dir and make it world readable "chmod 2775 PS". > Next make a sym link 'ln -s /var/www/html/PS ~joe/www' (or change www to > whatever you like such as PS) > The idea is that first, the user does not need world readable dir's in his > home, and also, the url does not have the ~username in it so it is easier > and does not give away user id's which helps with security. > > -- > Pete Nesbitt, rhce woops, I got carried away a bit :0 The part with the permissions and sgid is useful for several users working in a shared dir. That way no matter which member creates the file, all group members can work on it (may want a cvs as well). It is not necessary for this setup as only one user is involved. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
