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iconoclast
Asked: 2012-09-25 09:11:37 +0800 CST

In Apache config, should it be "UserDir disabled" or "UserDir disable"?

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I'm comparing two Apache config files (httpd.conf), one on a CentOS 6.2 VM with Apache 2.2.15 and one on a RedHat 5.8 server with Apache 2.2.3, and I see a strange difference.

UserDir disabled                                          |     UserDir disable
# directory, remove the "UserDir disabled" line above, an |     # directory, remove the "UserDir disable" line above, and

In one case UserDir disabled is used, and in the other UserDir disable is used. Didn't see the difference? One ends in d and the other doesn't—one uses an adjective referring to the resultant state of UserDir, and the other uses a verb telling what Apache should do to UserDir.

Which is right? Will both work?

UPDATE: Given that this appears to be a sysadmin error, and not a change in syntax from one version of Apache to another, or a mistake in RedHat's distribution of apache, I'm thinking this question may be useless to others and I should delete it. Thoughts?

apache-2.2

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  1. Best Answer

    UserDir disabled is the correct syntax; documentation on the keyword is here.

    disable will probably still effectively disable the behavior; unless your users have directories at ~/disable then there's nothing to map to with that name.

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