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Author: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
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Subject: Re: is there a name for the directory that is one lower that the docroot?
Thanks David!!


On 2025-01-07 15:00, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> I don’t know that it has a formal name, maybe “account root”.
>
> (Every folder except ‘/‘ has a “parent directory”.)
>
> Everything from that point down is accessible to files in your account,
> but only stuff from public_html and down is accessible on the web via
> Apache.
>
> When I look at what cPanel’s File Manager shows, as my “account root”,
> that’s what I see — tons of folders that have other uses OUTSIDE of
> what’s accessible via the web.
>
> Scripts in and beneath public_html can refer to assets in those other
> areas (using localhost) but Apache won’t let them be accessed directly
> using a URI. Like, you can’t refer to a file using ../ from public_html
> that’s in a peer folder to public_html. But your scripts can, because
> THEIR root is your “account root”.
>
> public_html is managed by Apache.
>
> Your account’s scope is rooted at public_html/..
>
> At least, that’s what’s common in *nix systems.
>
> -David Schwartz
>
>
>
>
>> On Jan 7, 2025, at 9:32 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am running ubuntu and apache configured using PHP-FPM.
>>
>> If my Docroot is : /var/www/<domain.tld>/public_html
>>
>> Is there a title/name for /var/www/<domain.tld>
>>
>> I allow the user that owns the docroot to also own the subordinate
>> folder: /var/www/<domain.tld>
>>
>> Does /var/www/<domain.tld> have a name/title?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>> Keith
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