Moving the users "Sites" folder to different volume

[typecase]

Hello all,

I was wondering is there any way to change the location of the username/Sites folder to a different volume? I've tried doing so by editing the /etc/apache2/users/username.conf file and changing the directory string to a different volume from

<Directory "/Users/myname/Sites/"> to <Directory "Volumes/Sites">

with no luck. I still get a Forbidden message. I did change ownership as suggested by this document by Apple.

Can anyone help? I'm not getting anywhere with searches on this topic.

 

[r0k]

Hello all,

I was wondering is there any way to change the location of the username/Sites folder to a different volume? I've tried doing so by editing the /etc/apache2/users/username.conf file and changing the directory string to a different volume from

<Directory "/Users/myname/Sites/"> to <Directory "Volumes/Sites">

with no luck. I still get a Forbidden message. I did change ownership as suggested by this document by Apple.

Can anyone help? I'm not getting anywhere with searches on this topic.

You forgot the leading /. "Volumes/Sites" refers to a relative path, namely
"/Users/myname/Sites/Volumes/Sites".

Why do you want to move the folder? You might be better off creating a sym link to the folder. In /Users/myname create a sym link as follows...
cd /Users/myname
mv Sites NotSites
ln -s /Volumes/Sites Sites

You now have a sym link pointing to /Volumes/Sites. This will not work unless your apache config or .htacess contains the following...

options followsymlinks

 

[typecase]

Thanks r0k. That helps a lot!