[Techtalk] Accessing a web page on my server

[Billie Walsh]

Nope. It's totally borked. No more "It Works" page

On 02/03/2013 02:38 PM, chris wrote:
> does an index.html work in /var/www/default?
>
> On Feb 3, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:
>
>> Probably me. I'm sure I borked something somewhere. Whatever it was it didn't work.
>>
>> I even created a link to the page I had uploaded on the default "It Works" page and can't access it there either.
>>
>> On 02/03/2013 01:16 PM, chris wrote:
>>> I just tested this out on my Ubuntu 12.04 (it should translate to your xubuntu install?) and it worked well. Hpe it helps!
>>>
>>> 1. enable the userdir module:
>>>
>>> sudo a2enmod userdir
>>>
>>> 2. edit /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf file (if needed - mine had this in it by default):
>>> <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
>>>          UserDir public_html
>>>          UserDir disabled root
>>>
>>>          <Directory /home/*/public_html>
>>>                  AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
>>>                  Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
>>>                  <Limit GET POST OPTIONS>
>>>                          Order allow,deny
>>>                          Allow from all
>>>                  </Limit>
>>>                  <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
>>>                          Order deny,allow
>>>                          Deny from all
>>>                  </LimitExcept>
>>>          </Directory>
>>> </IfModule>
>>>
>>> 3. edit /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf
>>> comment out the following:
>>> #    <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
>>> #        <Directory /home/*/public_html>
>>> #            php_admin_value engine Off
>>> #        </Directory>
>>> #    </IfModule>
>>> #</IfModule>
>>>
>>> 4. restart apache
>>> sudo service apache2 restart
>>>
>>> 5. create your public directory and a test file
>>> mkdir ~/public_html
>>> vi index.html
>>>
>>> 6. test in your browser at http://www.yourdomain.com/~youruserdirectory/
>>>
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> chris

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