Making a directory viewable to the public...

Hello, I am hosted by godaddy and use linux shared hosting plan... My question is how do I get a directory viewable to the public... like a normal /pub.

I created a /pub directory however whenever I link to it, it seems to be looking for a html file because I get a file not found error.

Here is an example of a working /pub directory.

Index of /pub


To be more clear I created a /pub in the root directory of my server, however when I link to it I get a file not found error. I have tried setting permissions and things, seems not to work. I want it to list the files I have in /pub. =)

Thanks!

Hi,

I assume you are using Apache. If that is the case, you can do one of the following:

As root, create a "pub" directory:

Code:

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# mkdir /var/www/html/pub

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You should now be able to access it.

Code:

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http://localhost/pub

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OR (the more tricky option) :mrgreen:

As the root user, navigate to /var/www/html
Create a soft link to your /pub directory

Code:

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# ln -s /pub

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Set permissions for your /pub directory

Code:

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# chmod 755 /pub

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Edit: I followed my own advice and ran into problems with SELinux (not sure if it applies to your distro). This is what I did to overcome that problem:

Code:

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# chcon -R system_u:object_r:httpd_user_content_t:s0 pub/

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I recommend creating /var/www/html/pub - much easier.

If that still doesn't work, have a look at your httpd.conf file and make sure that Options Indexes FollowSymLinks is present in <Directory "/var/www/html">.

Hope that helps.