WebServer - UserDir

Sometimes, you might want individual users with accounts on the webserver to have personal pages...

• sudo a2enmod userdir
• service apache2 restart
• sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf
  • (see: http://www.techytalk.info/enable-userdir-apache-module-ubuntu-debian-based-linux-distributions/)
  • NOTE:  Verify that you are using the configuration for the correct version of Apache!

To set up a personal page for the currently logged-in user:

• mkdir ~/public_html
• chmod ugo+rX ~/public_html
• create an index.html file in ~/public_html

Assuming this users name is fred, his page can now be reached at MyServer.MyDomain.net/~fred/