Apache - UserDir directive

First time setup of Apache...

[shell]

I'm a bit confussed as to how exactly the 'UserDir' directive operates. I basically want to have a public_html directory in /home/user/ which responds to myhost/~user and I'm a tad confussed.. :(

[bakedjake]

Hello again, shell. :) All you need in httpd.conf is:

UserDir public_html

And you'll get the desired behavior as you've described.

[shell]

I'm getting 404s :(

[bakedjake]

What do the logs say? (TM)

Check your error log, and see what physical file apache is trying to request.

[shell]

httpd-access.log shows nothing unexpected.. shows the get requests

http-error.log doesn't show anything either :\

[bakedjake]

Do you have a <Directory> entry allowing access for /home/* in httpd.conf?

[shell]

Doh!

Thanks