RFE: httpd-userdir.conf not modified to work on Mac OS X (apache2 port)

[ryandesign@…]

The httpd-userdir.conf file included with apache2 is designed for Unix systems having home directories in /home and web files in a public_html directory. Mac OS X, however, has home directories in /Users and web files in a Sites directory. The httpd-userdir.conf file needs to be patched by the darwinports apache2 portfile, especially since, even if I modify the file locally, it gets replaced the next time I upgrade apache2.

It would be a good idea for someone to check how the apache 1 port behaves in this regard, and open a related bug report for that if necessary.

--- original/extra/httpd-userdir.conf   2006-02-09 01:00:33.000000000 +0100
+++ extra/httpd-userdir.conf    2006-02-11 00:54:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 # directory if a ~user request is received.  Note that you must also set
 # the default access control for these directories, as in the example below.
 #
-UserDir public_html
+UserDir Sites
 
 #
 # 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>
+<Directory /Users/*/Sites>
     AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
     Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
     <Limit GET POST OPTIONS>

[mww@…]

sounds very reasonable - James?

[opendarwin-2006@…]

I'm sure you're on top of this, but since I gather from recent mailing list posts there's been some effort to make DarwinPorts work on non-Mac OS X systems too, I presume the patch should only be applied on genuine Mac OS X.

[jberry@…]

Patch applied. Thanks Ryan!