From: Noirin Plunkett <noirin@apache.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:47:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Documenting (slightly confusing) default behaviour
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Documenting (slightly confusing) default behaviour


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diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml b/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml
index 18be56808b..d3f4b8fa6b 100644
--- a/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/howto/public_html.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,16 @@
     out of the home directory of the user "<code>username</code>", out of
     the subdirectory specified by the <directive
     module="mod_userdir">UserDir</directive> directive.</p>
-
+<p>Note that, by default, access to these directories is <strong>not</strong>
+    enabled. You can enable access when using <directive module="mod_userdir"
+    >UserDir</directive> by commenting out the line</p>
+    <example>
+	    Include conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
+    </example>
+    <p>in the default config file, and adapting the <code
+    >httpd-userdir.conf</code>
+    file as necessary, or by including the appropriate directives in a
+    <code>Directory</code> block within the main config file.</p>
 </summary>
 
 <seealso><a href="../urlmapping.html">Mapping URLs to the Filesystem</a></seealso>