On 7 Jul 2003 07:16:19 -0700, The Other Guy responded to a post from
gkaur@wayne.edu (Gulsheen) who wrote in
comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows:

>Hello,
>
> We have apache web server 1.3 running on Windows NT but somehow we
>cannot access webpages/users defined on it.
>
>* The server is up, we tried pinging.
>* Restarted Apache server .. did not help
>* Webpages can be accessed locally and are fine.
>* Checked for viruses ..none found
>
> From all this, i think that we need to redefine the users folder
>(the way it is shared), but don't know how to do this.
>
>I will greatly appreciate if someone can help on this.
>
>Thanks!

To define User directories, look for the line in the httpd.conf:

# UserDir: The name of the directory that is appended onto a user's
home
# directory if a ~user request is received. Be especially careful to
use
# proper, forward slashes here.
#

Then right below that look for the directory container and uncomment
out (or recreate) the directives for access, etc. to the users'
directory. Note that you need to use the tilde (~) in front of the
user's name to access it in the browser address (URL), and after the
domain name.

HTH
TOG

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