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On 08/08/2014 11:59 AM, Rose, John B wrote:
> mod_userdir does not seem to cause superfluous automounter attempts 
> when an http request to a non-existent web address, 
> http://website.com/~someuser, is received
>
> Is there some way to implement that mechanism with 
> http://website.com/someuser http requests for a nonexistent "someuser"?

What's automounter? Is that some process that mounts a user's home 
directory on a remote share or something?

I suppose you could query a list of valid users on server startup, and 
use that (via mod_macro or something?) to generate a list of Alias 
directives? Or possibly use a RewriteMap to do the same thing based on a 
list of users, although RewriteMap can be a bit of a performance bottleneck.

--Rich


>
> From: <Rose>, John Rose <jbrose@utk.edu <mailto:jbrose@utk.edu>>
> Date: Friday, August 8, 2014 9:51 AM
> To: "users@httpd.apache.org <mailto:users@httpd.apache.org>" 
> <users@httpd.apache.org <mailto:users@httpd.apache.org>>
> Subject: Rewrite and automount question
>
> We have experimented with using Rewrite to replace /~someuser with 
> /someuser
>
> However there is a problem with systems using automounter in the case 
> of an http request for a non-existing http://someserver.com/someuser
>
> Anyone have a way to implement the above without doing undesired 
> automount attempts of a non-existent "someuser"?
>
> Thanks
>
>

-- 
Rich Bowen - rbowen@rcbowen.com - @rbowen
http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon


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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/08/2014 11:59 AM, Rose, John B
      wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote cite="mid:D00A6AB2.34341%25jbrose@utk.edu" type="cite">
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      <div>mod_userdir does not seem to cause superfluous automounter
        attempts when an http request to a non-existent web address,
        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://website.com/~someuser">http://website.com/~someuser</a>, is received</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Is there some way to implement that mechanism with
        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://website.com/someuser">http://website.com/someuser</a> http requests for a nonexistent
        "someuser"?</div>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    What's automounter? Is that some process that mounts a user's home
    directory on a remote share or something?<br>
    <br>
    I suppose you could query a list of valid users on server startup,
    and use that (via mod_macro or something?) to generate a list of
    Alias directives? Or possibly use a RewriteMap to do the same thing
    based on a list of users, although RewriteMap can be a bit of a
    performance bottleneck.<br>
    <br>
    --Rich<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <blockquote cite="mid:D00A6AB2.34341%25jbrose@utk.edu" type="cite">
      <div><br>
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          <span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>&lt;Rose&gt;,
          John Rose &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:jbrose@utk.edu">jbrose@utk.edu</a>&gt;<br>
          <span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, August 8,
          2014 9:51 AM<br>
          <span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:users@httpd.apache.org">users@httpd.apache.org</a>"
          &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:users@httpd.apache.org">users@httpd.apache.org</a>&gt;<br>
          <span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Rewrite and
          automount question<br>
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        <div><br>
        </div>
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            <div>We have experimented with using Rewrite to replace
              /~someuser with /someuser</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>However there is a problem with systems using
              automounter in the case of an http request for a
              non-existing
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://someserver.com/someuser">http://someserver.com/someuser</a></div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Anyone have a way to implement the above without doing
              undesired automount attempts of a non-existent "someuser"?</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Thanks</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <br>
          </div>
        </div>
      </span>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Rich Bowen - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rbowen@rcbowen.com">rbowen@rcbowen.com</a> - @rbowen
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://apachecon.com/">http://apachecon.com/</a> - @apachecon </pre>
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