public_html question

[killerasp]

i can view my own public_html dir on localhost, but no one can access them on the lan. Im guessing no one can access them on the web. it says it cant find userdir file in the htdoc dir. dunno what that means. i also read something about .htaccess files. Is this that i need? if so, where can i go to learn to use them.

[JoJava]

Killer,
First, be sure there is an index.htm in your public_html.

Second, .htaccess is only needed if you want to password protect a folder.

Third, do you have the httpd.conf file set up to allow public_html (I'll assume yes.)

QUESTION: What do you mean "..they cannot see it local"? You mean users on your LAN cannot see it through SAMBA?

Also, are you typing the URL in correctly? EXAMPLE: Http://www.domain.com/~username/

[killerasp]

i mean if the user types my ip, http://ip/~username it would give an error and not display the page.

[James Decker]

you need to add a "/" http://ip/~username/

-james