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<module xmlns="urn:lighttpd.net:lighttpd2/doc1">
	<short>allows you to have user-specific document roots being accessed through http://domain/~user/</short>

	<description><markdown><![CDATA[
		The document root can be built by using the home directory of a user which is specified by /~username/ at the beginning of the request path.  
		Alternatively, mod_userdir can build the docroot from a pattern similar to `vhost.pattern` but using the username instead of the hostname.
	]]></markdown></description>

	<action name="userdir">
		<short>builds the document root by replacing certain placeholders in path with (parts of) the username.</short>
		<parameter name="path">
			<short>the path to build the document root with</short>
		</parameter>
		<description><markdown><![CDATA[
			If `path` does not start with a slash (/), then the document root is prepended with the home directory of the given user as specified in /etc/passwd.  
			Otherwise the `path` specifies the absolute docroot to be used.

			Placeholders are:

			* `*` is replaced by the complete username
			* `$1`-`$9` are replaced by the n-th letter of the username, e.g. `$2` is the second letter

			Examples:

			Request for http://host/~lighty/foo.html (assuming "/home/lighty" is the home of the "lighty" user):

			| `path` | docroot | physicalpath|
			|-|-|-|
			| "public_html" | /home/lighty/public_html/ | /home/lighty/public_html/foo.html |
			| "/usr/web/*/" | /usr/web/lighty/ | /usr/web/lighty/foo.html |
			| "/usr/web" | /usr/web/lighty/ | /usr/web/lighty/foo.html |
			| "/www/users/$1/$1$2/*/" | /www/users/l/li/lighty/ | /www/users/l/li/lighty/foo.html |
			{:.table .table-striped}

			**Note**: username "root" is not allowed for security reasons.
		]]></markdown></description>
		<example>
			<config><![CDATA[
				setup {
					module_load "mod_userdir";
				}

				userdir "public_html";
			]]></config>
		</example>
	</action>
</module>
