Re: [cobalt-users] /~username to /username for virtual site

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ME> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:17:57 +1100
ME> From: Mitchell Essex


ME> I have had a look through the archives and there seems to be
ME> some mention of doing this automatically but I am unsure how
ME> it works there was something about using the AliasMatch or
ME> using a RewriteRule for the site.

Rewrite rule.


ME> This is how I can manually do it as root

[ editted slightly to accomodate line wrap, but equivalent ]

ME> ln -s /home/sites/sitename/users/username/web \
ME>       /home/sites/sitename/web/username
ME> chown username /home/sites/sitename/web/username
ME>
ME> This creates a link from the users home directory web to the
ME> web directory of the site, but how would virtual site
ME> administrators do this for themselves. They would be able to
ME> link to the directory but not change the ownership of the
ME> link.

Why are you concerned about symlink ownership?  Or do you mean
the target of the link?  This way looks a bit messy, if I
understand your goal correctly.

I suppose one could write a *shudder* setuid root chown program
that changed ownership after a few safeguards -- much like a CGI
wrapper.


Eddy
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