DocumentRoot in my Documents folder to make source-code private

Hello,

Trying to figure out a way to point the httpd document-root to my Documents folder to make the files completely private. I was able to modify the httpd.conf but I guess I was unable to set the www user access the localhost because my Documents folder is private! However, I was able to accomplish this on XP without a problem. The purpose of doing this is to hide my source-code from prying eyes. How do I set the www user able to execute files on localhost on my Documents folder but not allow reading the source files? The default localhost is installed on:

/Library/WebServer/Documents

that allows other users access my source-code and I wish to point it to:

/Users/<user>/Documents


User-type: Administrator

Please help...
TIA

If you just keep your source code in the Sites folder in your home directory and access it like so:

http://localhost/~username

Then you can avoid all the pain of having to mess with your document root.

cazabam said:

If you just keep your source code in the Sites folder in your home directory and access it like so:

http://localhost/~username

Then you can avoid all the pain of having to mess with your document root.

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As an admin, my localhost is defaulted to the /Library/WebServer/Documents folder when I installed the webserver - I did not modify anything.

Do you mean to say if I put my files in the user/Sites (or Sites/user - I don't remember as I'm not on my Mac right now) folder, others who login into my machine as other users/admins cannot access my source code using the Finder? The only place I could find so far that is not accessible to each other is the personal Documents folder and so thought that would be a better place to point the document-root to for local/private development.

Thanks,