[plug] Home page

[Robert Andrews]

Okay thanks Colin
So then I need to go another way I must have file permissions set wrong
what I want to be able to do is go to
http://203.57.132.141/~user/somedirectory/index.htm
i.e I have some sub-directorys under /public_html that I cannot access via a
browser i can ftp to the directorys.I have set the files permissions on the
directorys and files to 777 but access is still denied.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Muller" <colin at durbanet.co.za>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Home page


> > Robert Andrews wrote:
> >
> > Hi can sombody please tell me why from a remote comp I can go to my
> > Linux home page
> > i.e http://203.57.132.141/~user
> > but I cannot go to http://203.57.132.141/home/user/public_html
> > The error is Forbidden you don't have permission to accesss
> > /home/user/public_html on this server.
> > The error returned has the obvious answer but where do I enable access
> > i.e Squid or Apache
> > It seems to me to be in Apache if so what file i.e httpd.conf or
> > srm.conf
> > Please bear with me I no Linux hotshot.
>
> You don't want to do this, because it would require you to allow access
> via your Web server to view pretty much any file on your server, from
> the root directory on down, which would be a security and
> confidentiality hole. The /~username alias allows access from the level
> of the relevant public_html (in this case) directory on down, but not to
> any directories above it, which is almost certainly the way you want it
> to be. Unless you want us all to be able to read your mail ...
>
> Colin
>
>