Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 10:00:23 +0000 From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc Message-ID: <19990821100023.A10092@cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908210224410.49071-100000@furball.chip-web.com>; from Ludwig Pummer on Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 02:26:03AM -0700 References: <19990820210946.G638@cpl.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908210224410.49071-100000@furball.chip-web.com>
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> > Does anyone know what may have been the problem, > > or what file(s) the web server needs? The Apache error_log had this to say > > when attempting access to my (or any) user directory : > > > > [Fri Aug 20 19:10:19 1999] [error] [client 192.216.87.249] File does not > > exist: /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/cpl-dev/~shawn > > > > Which makes no sence, because my home directory is in /disk6/shawn ....... > > (symlinked from /home, but I don't think that matters) > > But how does Apache know that your home directory is /disk6/shawn if > there's no [accessible] /etc/passwd to look it up in ? :) Yup. :) I should have figured that out... But it also needs access to pwd.db. Why is that? I wouldn't think the webserver could read or understand that file. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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