iTP Secure WebServer System Administrator's Guide (iTPWebSvr 6.0+)

Configuration Directives

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Description

Set the UserDir directive to the name of the user directory (user-dir) that is to be

accessed whenever a URL begins with a tilde (~). When UserDir is set, any access

to a URL beginning with a tilde (~) is mapped to the specified directory within the

indicated local user’s home directory.

The options include the following:

-symlink-disable

This option disables symbolic links to files in the specified directory. As a result, the

iTP Secure WebServer returns “not found” in response to any attempt to access a

path that contains a symbolic link.

-symlink-owner

This option is similar in function to the -symlink-disable option: it also disables

symbolic links, but only if these symbolic links are owned by someone other than

the owner of the files to which the symbolic links point.

This directive also has a corresponding Region command, which if found within a

region, overrides this directive. For further information about using the UserDir

command in a Region directive, see Region Commands on page A-41.

For example, if UserDir is set to hypertext, and a web client accesses the URL

/~black/home.html

the iTP Secure WebServer maps this request to the file hypertext/home.html in

Black’s home directory. Assuming Black’s home directory on the host UNIX machine is

/udir/black, the iTP Secure WebServer accesses the file

/udir/black/hypertext/home.html

Similarly, if the web client accesses the URL

/~white/home.html

and White’s home directory on the same host UNIX machine is /udir/white, the iTP

Secure WebServeriTP Secure WebServer accesses the file

/udir/white/hypertext/home.html

Only one UserDir directive is allowed in the configuration file.

Default

None. If UserDir is not set, any attempt to access URLs beginning with a tilde (~) is

denied.

Example

UserDir public_html