Need to change ISPconfig base directory for document root of all users during install

[corbis]

Hello all,

I appologize if this has already been covered in other threads, but I googled and searched the forums to no avail, so here goes!

I am about to install ISPConfig 3, went through the howtoforge tutorial, and am at the point where i am running php -q install.php

What i want to know is, how do i specify where the document root will be for all users?

I know it defaults to /var/www/..... but i do not want it to go there, instead i want it in /home/www/....

The reason is i have already carved up /home as a separate file system outside of the primary root volume and /var is inside the root volume (/var/log is also a tertiary file system on a separate LV itself).

Can someone enlighten me here? Should i just use the expert install?

Thanks in advance!

--Corbis

[till]

I know it defaults to /var/www/..... but i do not want it to go there, instead i want it in /home/www/....

Thats a bad idea to change this path as it will cause suexec to stop working, so you will not be able to fully use your websites afterwards. The suxec path is compiled into the apache binaries of the linux distribution, so it makes no sense to change that in ispconfiga s it woll break your system.

The reason is i have already carved up /home as a separate file system outside of the primary root volume and /var is inside the root volume (/var/log is also a tertiary file system on a separate LV itself).

The solution for this is a bit different and not a change of the path. Instead you mount the path /home/www as /var/www with mount bind in /etc/fstab.

[corbis]

Thanks for the reply Till.

How would this be affected if I shutdown into single user mode, and symlinked /var/www to /home/www?