is there a name for the directory that is one lower that the docroot?

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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 
>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> 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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