Re: User access to /srv/www/htdocs

Ram wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just got ' Beginning PHP5, Apache, Mysql, Web Development' for xmas
> this book is aimed at windows user with appendix for setting up on
> Linux. I already have the apps installed on my mail server.
>
> My question is how do I create a 'test' folder in /srv/www/htdocs to run
> the examples in the book. I know I could su create the folder and then
> chmod it, but is there away I can do it with group permissions for the
> user.

When you install Apache, these folders will be made for you. Here is
what I did to get my stuff going as a user AND be able to test is very
easily.

As root I do `mkdir /srv/www/htdocs/website`, then I do `chown
houghi:users /srv/www/htdocs/website`
Next, again as root, I make the follwoing file:
/etc/apache2/vhosts.d/houghi.conf This file can have any name, as long
as it ends in *.conf Look in the directory for more examples. This is
how mine looks like:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin houghi
ServerName houghi
DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/website
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/houghi-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/houghi-access_log combined
HostnameLookups Off
UseCanonicalName Off
ServerSignature On
<Directory "/srv/www/htdocs/website">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

I then reastart apache with `rcapche2 restart` and if there are no
errors, I can log out. I will now be able to reach the website with
http://houghi

Then as user I want it to be able to reach it easily, so I do `ln -s
/srv/www/htdocs/website` in my homedirectory. Now I can add a page in
~/website. I add test.php with first just `hello world` as content.

I then look at http://houghi and see the file test.php wich I click and
I should be able to see `Hello world`.

To sum it up:
1) make directory as root
2) chown (change owner) from directory
3) Add virtual host
4) restart Apache
5) symlink directory

Step 5 is not really needed. However it is convinient.
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