Comments on: How to: Redirect Apache’s Default www or public_html Folder to a Directory in Your Home Folder

By: david

david — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:31:42 +0000

edit: of course with the appropriate flags for directories and files. leaving the addons folder in the root group

By: david

david — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:26:52 +0000

I usually just sudo chown “username” /var/www/html, I use it just for development purposes though.

By: Damon

Damon — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:13:37 +0000

Well, the files would have the permissions of the user’s home folder by default — but that could be changed by setting the sticky bit on the ~/www folder. I prefer to keep the files under the user folder, by default, because it is easier to backup and handle … plus, when logging in via ssh user’s can be limited to their home folder.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:46:19 +0000

This seems like such a simple solution. Ive seen people who place a symbolic link in their home folder to the /var/www/ folder, but it seems like you would just be mired in permission crap anyways. Are there any possible downsides to this?

By: David Nickel

David Nickel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:34:03 +0000

hi;
Thank you; been trying to find your page this is so much better.
been kicking my but since reinstall to find this info it helps so much.
that’s my old site i have to tweak the new one .