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Serving users' documents

Both the CERN and the NCSA servers can be configured to enable documents to be served from users' directories as well as from the main Web document hierarchy. A subdirectory name is specified so that URLs with a path starting /~username/... are remapped to the subdirectory of the named user, if the user has an account on the system. This allows users at the site to have their own private Web pages without involving the Web administrator. Enabling this feature can have implications for Web security, especially if users' CGI scripts can be run (see Section and Chapter ).

Spinning the Web by Andrew Ford
© 1995 International Thomson Publishing
© 2002 Andrew Ford and Ford & Mason Ltd
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