Mac OSX Tips: Mac OS X 10.5: Web Sharing

2008-01-15

In what follows, substitute your short username for myshortname

Create the file
/etc/apache2/users/myshortname.conf
containing the following text:

<Directory "/Users/myshortname/Sites/">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Set the group and owner as follows:
sudo chown root:wheel /etc/apache2/users/myshortname.conf

Restart apache by switching Web Sharing off then on in System Preferences.

Anonymous said...: Just so everyone knows, after hours of work and googling, I have discovered that Filevault protected user accounts CANNOT have sharing enabled.; 3/5/08 20:04
Unknown said...: Fantastic! Worked like a charm, I appreciate your help.; 12/9/08 02:41
Tim Dietrich said...: Thanks for posting this! I think you just saved me hours of time that I would have spent trying to figure out why I couldn't access files in my personal Sites folder.; 10/1/09 02:24
Cyperplace said...: nice really helped me thanks...; 19/3/11 10:07
Tourn said...: It does work with Filevault enabled, though you need to run apache as yourself and not the _www user. see http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/124952-file-vault-vs-apache-sites-folder.html; 14/11/11 11:41

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