Apache tilde question - Solved

[Tim Metz <tmetz@earth.metz-net>]

Thanks to those who replied regarding the apache question on 
tildes/ScriptAlias.  I upgraded to Apache 1.3b5 and that seemed to fix the 
problem.

- Tim
  tmetz@ix.netcom.com

> Using Apache/1.1.3 Debian/GNU, I am trying to ScriptAlias a directory under a 
> users home directory so that it can execute cgi programs.  The tilde in the 
> ScriptAlias directive from the srm.conf file seems to be causing problems in 
> the line below (cgi programs are not being executed, but instead are displayed 
> as text) :
>
> ScriptAlias /~smith/cgi-bin/ /home/smith/public_html/cgi-bin/
>
> All other conditions equal, removing the tilde from the ScriptAlias directive 
> causes programs to be executed in the users cgi directory:
>
> ScriptAlias /smith/cgi-bin/ /home/smith/public_html/cgi-bin/
>
> I would like to access the cgi directory as http://myhost/~smith/cgi-bin/* 
> instead of http://myhost/smith/cgi-bin/* (Note the tilde in the first case).  
> I have tried to escape the tilde a few different ways without success, and 
> have not found anything in the apache documentation as to how to solve this. 
> Any ideas on how to solve this would be welcome.


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