how to configure Apache to run PHP from public_html?

Hello,

as far as I know, I have to add a special <directory/> - Entry to my
httpd.conf if I want to allow my users to run PHP-scripts from their
home-directories. So I have created a folder named "public_html" in each
/home/<username>/. The goal is that each user´s public_html should be
reachable by the URL:
http://myserver.con/~username
Normally I am using SuSe Linux 8.2 where everything is done
automatically . This time I had to install the apache.rpm on a RedHat
7.1 box where these things are not that simple. So I cannot figure out,
how this <directory/>-entry must look like. Can anybody send me his
configuration? I would be quite thankful.

thanx
Sebastian

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"Sebastian Galonska" <seba.DeleteThis@rentapacs.de> escribió en el mensaje
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 > as far as I know, I have to add a special <directory/> - Entry to my
 > httpd.conf if I want to allow my users to run PHP-scripts from their
 > home-directories. So I have created a folder named "public_html" in each
 > /home/<username>/. The goal is that each user´s public_html should be
 > reachable by the URL:
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://myserver.con/~username</font" target="_blank">http://myserver.con/~username</font</a>>

I don't think you need any special config for PHP if it already works
globally.
This is the default configuration taken form httpd.conf:

LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
AddModule mod_userdir.c

#
# UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home
# directory if a ~user request is received.
#
# The path to the end user account 'public_html' directory must be
# accessible to the webserver userid. This usually means that ~userid
# must have permissions of 711, ~userid/public_html must have permissions
# of 755, and documents contained therein must be world-readable.
# Otherwise, the client will only receive a "403 Forbidden" message.
#
# See also: <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#forbidden" target="_blank">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#forbidden</a>
#
#<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
# UserDir public_html
#</IfModule>

#
# Control access to UserDir directories. The following is an example
# for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.
#
#<Directory /home/*/public_html>
# AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
# Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
# <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
# Order allow,deny
# Allow from all
# </Limit>
# <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
# </LimitExcept>
#</Directory>


I can tell you it works for me just this way (you probably don't need the
Directory directives unless you want to user a folder called "web" instead
of "public_html".
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