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@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Description
The userdir module provides a simple way to link user-based directories into the global namespace of the webserver.
-Requests in the form ``/~user/page.html`` are rewritten to take the file ``page.html`` from the home-directory of the user.
-If ``userdir.path`` is set, the path will be appended at the home-directory
+Requests in the form ``/~user/page.html`` are rewritten to take the file ``page.html`` from the home directory of the user.
+If ``userdir.path`` is set, the path will be appended to the home directory
building the classic mapping of: ::
userdir.path = "public_html"
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ building the classic mapping of: ::
URL: http://www.example.org/~jan/index.html
Path: /home/jan/public_html/
-To control which users should be able to use this feature you can set a include- or a exclude list for username.
+To control which users should be able to use this feature you can set a list of usernames to include or exclude.
-In case you mapping is independent of /etc/passwd you can use
+In case your mapping is independent of /etc/passwd you can use
``userdir.basepath``: ::
userdir.path = "htdocs"
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ Options
=======
userdir.path
- usually it should set the "public_html" to take ~/public_html/ as the document-root
+ usually it should be set to "public_html" to take ~/public_html/ as the document root
- Default: empty (document-root is the home-directory)
+ Default: empty (document root is the home directory)
Example: ::
userdir.path = "public_html"
userdir.exclude-user
- list of usernames which should not be able to use this feature
+ list of usernames which may not use this feature
Default: empty (all users may use it)
Example: ::
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ userdir.exclude-user
userdir.include-user
if set, only users from this list may use the feature
- Default: empty (all user may use it)
+ Default: empty (all users may use it)
userdir.basepath
if set, don't check /etc/passwd for homedir