htaccess and /public_html/

[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
I think on later versions of Apache (are you using apache - you didn't actually mention what web server you're using - this is probably important information if you're asking how to reconfigure a web server you need the userdir module.

You might find there are some config sections in your apache config directories that are either commented out, or in a sub-directory of 'available' rather than 'enabled' mods.

This is probably moot if you don't have access to the server's primary configuration, as you can't just put an .htaccess file in a directory that Apache doesn't use, and hope that it'll stumble across it.

On my Debian box, the config for userdir looks like this. It, of course, assumes that users home directories are under /home/

Code:

UserDir public_html
        UserDir disabled root

        <Directory /home/ASTERISK-REMOVED-BY-FORUM/public_html>
                AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
                # Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
                Options MultiViews Indexes FollowSymLinks IncludesNoExec
                <Limit GET POST OPTIONS>
                        Order allow,deny
                        Allow from all
                </Limit>
                <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
                        Order deny,allow
                        Deny from all
                </LimitExcept>
        </Directory>