How do I enable UserDir?

Enable Apache UserDir

Edit userdir.conf file. sudo vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/userdir.conf.
Restart Apache. sudo systemctl start httpd.service.
Change folder permissions to your folder and /home directory. chmod 711 /home/mvinhas.
Adjust SELinux to enable Apache homedirs.

What is UserDir Apache?

User Directory or Userdir is an Apache module, which allows user-specific directories to be retrieved through an Apache web server using the syntax.

When the UserDir directive is set what is the default directory used?

real directory
The UserDir directive sets the real directory in a user’s home directory to use when a request for a document for a user is received. Directory-filename is one of the following: The name of a directory or a pattern such as those shown below.

What is a per user web directory?

On systems with multiple users, each user can be permitted to have a web site in their home directory using the UserDir directive. conf file as necessary, or by including the appropriate directives in a block within the main config file. …

How do I enable MODUserdir in WHM?

To enable mod_userdir access, perform the following steps:

Select the Enable mod_userdir Protection checkbox.
To enable mod_userdir functionality for specific hosts, select the appropriate Exclude Protection checkboxes.

What permissions does Apache need?

Apache still needs access so that it can serve the files, so set www-data as the group owner and give the group r-x permissions. If you have folders that need to be writable by Apache, you can just modify the permission values for the group owner so that www-data has write access.

What user runs Apache?

Apache user is typically the user that the apache httpd server uses when running. It uses this “apache” user to avoid having to use a “human” user, and to avoid having to run as root.

What permissions should directories have?

There are three permission types: read, write, and execute. Read: The capability to read contents. This is expressed as either the number 4 or letter r. Write: The capability to write or modify.

What chmod should I use?

Directories should always be uploaded and set to chmod 755 . Whenever you upload files using cPanel File Manager then directories will be set chmod 755 automatically.

How do I know if apache is running as root?

To find out the user, you can simply use ps aux | grep apache while it is running.
You don’t need to, but if Apache is running as root there are security issues.
Thirdly, changing the user of Apache will change his rights to access some directories.