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User directories

These directives are used to specify whether or not local users can serve their own pages directly on the Web without going through the Web administrator. If this feature is enabled, requests starting with /~username/ will be mapped to a subdirectory in the user's home directory, assuming the user has an account on the system. Allowing local users to have their own private Web pages has implications for security (see Chapter ), and also for the the organization's public image (see Chapter ).

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