Re: Apache user pages

["M. Erickson" <merickson fix net>]

On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Glen Lee Edwards wrote:

> Just what exactly is the "~" for in http://localhost/~braden/?  How does
> one set it up (or, for that matter, remove it)?

check out your httpd.conf

there is a default symbol of '~' in there. If it receives a request of
hostname/~blah it sees the '~' and looks for /home/blah/public_html.

reading through the httpd.conf helped me figure out apache a lot. Also try
reading the docs. Apache is pretty darn awesome.

hth,
/me

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