Apache for Multiple Users Linux – Ubuntu
When Apache is installed all web files go in he directory /var/www.
If there are multiple users on a system then every user can have his own web directory to store web files.
On Linux the following commands does that :
enlightened@enlightened-desktop:~$ sudo a2enmod userdir Module userdir installed; run /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload to enable. enlightened@enlightened-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart * Restarting web server apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName [ OK ] enlightened@enlightened-desktop:~$
userdir is the Apache module which enables each user to use his own web directory.
This directory shall be public_html in the home folder. So create this folder and place an html file in it. This is also useful when you dont want to change permission of the /var/www folder and use a homely folder instead.
The url to be used should be localhost/~username/file.html.
Thats how webhosts do it to host multiple websites on one server. If you have used webhosting before then you should be knowing the url http://ip/~accountname/ used to access your website till your domain name nameserver changes take effect.
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