apache permissions

[Martin]

Hi There,

I've configured Apache/MySQL/PHP on Slackware-current.
The document directory is the default /var/www/htdocs/.
The problem is that my regular used doesn't have read/execute
permissions anywhere in /var and I don't want to do
things as root. What is the common practice?

thanks

Martin

[Michael Stemper]

In my opinion, it's a better idea to give each user their own
directory, rather than giving anybody write access to /var/www.

To do this, you'll need to:
1. Link userdir.conf and userdir.load from /etc/apache2/mods-available
into /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
2. Add some options to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

You'll probably get better information in an apache news group, as this is
really a question about server administration rather than site design.

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