Re: /var/www/ and the user ho like to edit web pages
On Sat November 5 2005 09:24 am, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> Hello!
>
> My system is Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.
> I have installed apache 1.3.33
>
> I'm new to apache server.
> I try to set up access to user "webeditor" so he may to write his web
> pages in the /var/www/ directory in the webmin, but I don't know how to
> do that.
>
> I also try to add the user "webeditor" to www-data group so he can to
> write in the /var/www/ directory, but he still can't do that.
>
> webeditor has ~/public_html/ directory.
> Is it the better way that that user "webeditor" to edit his web pages in
> this directory and somehow set up apache so we can see his homepage
> from there?
>
> I will appreciate any advices!
Add /~username to your url and you'll get whatever is in that users
public_html directory. You'll best su to root and copy your html's
to /var/www so they display when someone accesses your regular url.
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