Apache URL Mapping

[randie]

In Mac OS X 10.5.6 (which comes with Apache 2 installed and configured), how does apache know to map the URL "http://localhost/~my_name/" to the directory "/Users/my_name/Sites/" ?

 

[randie]

Here's the answer ...

UserDir directive is set in /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf which is included in httpd.conf .

[01:17 43] grep -i userdir /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
# Required module: mod_userdir
# UserDir: The name of the directory that is appended onto a user's home
UserDir Sites