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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USERDIR problem with apache on new install (SOLVED)
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Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:36:42 -0400
In-Reply-To: <5067E9C9.8010600@alyf.net> (Andrea Conti's message of "Sun, 30
	Sep 2012 08:42:17 +0200")
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On Sun, Sep 30 2012, Andrea Conti wrote:

> The default mod_userdir configuration
> (/etc/apache2/modules.d/00_mod_userdir.conf, of which you pasted an
> excerpt in the other email) only sets an "Allow from all" for
> directories in the form "/home/*/public_html", which does not include
> anything under /local.
>
> You can either change your home directory, or add
>
> <Directory /local/allan/gottlieb>
>    Order allow,deny
>    Allow from all
>
>    [whatever other options you need]
> </Directory>

I see.  I prefer changing my home directory as nothing needs to be done
with new apache releases.

> As for the "FollowSymlinks" and "SymlinksIfOwnerMatch" options, I'm not
> sure they apply here: they should only affect whether the server follows
> symlinks *within* the document root, not symlinks in the path *leading
> to* the document root.

OK.

thank you very much for the clear explanations.
allan